Death toll climbing everyday as two soldiers killed hours apart

 Death toll climbing everyday as two soldiers killed hours apart

Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in southern Lebanon today, which the army has blamed on Israel.

The two fatal attacks were just hours apart and mark another escalation since Israeli forces invaded the region earlier this week.

As we reported earlier, a convoy of Lebanese army and Red Cross vehicles came under fire in the village of Taybeh as they were carrying out an evacuation. One soldier was killed, and four red cross volunteers lightly injured.

Later on, the Lebanese army said a barracks in the town of Bint Jbeil was hit - killing another soldier. The army returned fire which is a first in this conflict.

The warring sides here are Israel and the Shia militia Hezbollah. The Lebanese army has been staying on the sidelines.

With every day the death toll is climbing here, as Israeli strikes kill civilians, Hezbollah fighters, and now Lebanese troops.