BEIRUT, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese soldier was killed and three others moderately injured on Monday following the explosion of a suspicious object in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army's Directorate of Guidance said in a statement.

It stated that the explosion occurred "while a specialized army unit was conducting an engineering sweep at a location in the Wadi Al-Aziya area south of Tyre city."

A Lebanese security source told Xinhua that the number of Lebanese army personnel killed since the start of the cross-border conflict between Lebanon and Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, has risen to 46.

Meanwhile, the official National News Agency reported that "despite risks and threats from Israel, the surveying team assigned by the Council for South Lebanon continues its inspections of fully or partially destroyed buildings and land boundaries in the town of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa" in southern Lebanon.

"The team narrowly escaped a booby trap set by Israel inside a house in Chamaa," it said, adding that "an engineering team from the army is expected to arrive to inspect and dismantle the trap."

Despite a U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire agreement effective since Nov. 27, 2024, Israeli forces have carried out intermittent strikes inside Lebanon, claiming that the operations target Hezbollah "threats." Some of the strikes have resulted in casualties, according to official Lebanese reports.

Although the agreement stipulated the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory, Israel has maintained a presence on five hilltops along the Lebanese border. Enditem

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