Israel says investigating whether own soldiers shot civilian on Lebanon border
Hezbollah had earlier claimed a rocket that killed one Israeli in the same area, among a series of attacks the group claimed on Sunday
Israel’s military said it was investigating whether its own fire killed an Israeli civilian near the Lebanese border on Sunday, after Hezbollah claimed an attack in the same area.
Israeli emergency workers said earlier on Sunday that a man was killed in a “direct hit” on his car by a rocket from Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said after the incident that its fighters had attacked Israeli soldiers in the same area.
But the Israeli army later said it was “conducting a comprehensive investigation” into the death.
“The possibility that the incident involved fire originating from IDF soldiers is being examined,” the military said in a statement.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army had been ordered to destroy more bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River that are allegedly being used by Hezbollah in the country’s south, and to step up the demolition of houses.