Lebanese president condemns Israeli attack that killed three soldiers

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun strongly condemns an Israeli attack on a Lebanese army petrol that killed two officers and one soldier. An Israeli airstrike also killed nine people in southern Lebanon Saturday.

This as a thousand protesters take to the streets for the weekly anti-government rally in Tel Aviv Saturday with speakers denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Lebanese village of Saksakiyah. Two houses damaged after an Israeli strike. Civil defence crews extinguishing the fire. A wounded man is taken to an ambulance.

This Saksakiyeh village resident says, "We heard about the strike so we came and found the martyrs lying on the ground.There are no weapons, no missiles, nothing at all. It was a civilian home. This attack was carried out by a brutal enemy."

A separate airstrike hit another neighbourhood in the village damaging an additional house.

A Lebanese army spokesperson said in a statement Israel's attacks aim to thwart all efforts 'to reach a solution that would restore stability, establish a comprehensive ceasefire and lead to the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Lebanese territories."

Meanwhile around a thousand protesters came out for the weekly anti-government rally at Tel Aviv's Habima Square Saturday. Waving placards One reading "Our boys lives matter.' and this one of US President Donald Trump 'How I made Iran great again."

Demonstrators cheer along to speakers who denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and demand a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, 2023.

Paula Keusch, protester said,"7th of October, on that horrid day, the whole government, 68 people,

each and every one of them are criminals, each and every one of them, aside from the fact that the 7th of October occurred because of their treason and support of Hamas. They should have gone home, and instead of that, they very proudly continued. We are at war straight through, three and a half years. This has to stop."