An Israeli soldier was killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon. The victim, Captain Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, was from Mishmar Hashiva and served in the 75th Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade. The strike targeted an Israeli tank positioned north of the Litani River.

Following the attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had launched air and artillery strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in the area. The incident occurred just one day after Jerusalem and Beirut had agreed to a ceasefire plan. Under that plan, Hezbollah was to halt attacks, and the Lebanese army would deploy in several test zones in southern Lebanon where neither Hezbollah fighters nor IDF troops would be present.

The timing of the attack raises questions about the durability of the newly agreed ceasefire arrangement between the two sides.