Israel military says four soldiers killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Tuesday four soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon where its forces are clashing with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

A military statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat” and a separate statement said another soldier, who had not yet been publicly named, had died in the same incident.

Another soldier was severely wounded and a reservist moderately wounded, according to the second statement.