Lebanese Soldier Killed, Two Wounded in Al-Mansouri Blast
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The Lebanese Army said one soldier was killed and an officer and another soldier were wounded when a suspicious object exploded against an army vehicle during a mission in al-Mansouri in the Tyre District. Specialist units opened an investigation to determine the object's nature and the circumstances. An earlier Hebrew report described the incident as an ammunition explosion and said initial Lebanese media accounts had treated it as a bomb striking the soldiers' vehicle. The Army did not attribute the blast to Israel or Hezbollah, name the casualties, disclose their conditions, or identify the object.
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Sources factually disagree on the nature of the blast: Ynet describes it as an ammunition explosion and says initial Lebanese media called it a bomb striking the vehicle; the Lebanese Army statement carried by MTV and An-Nahar calls it a suspicious object and says its nature remains under investigation. The remaining facts are uniform: one soldier was killed, two personnel were wounded, and the blast involved an army vehicle in al-Mansouri.
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