The Israeli military has acknowledged damaging a Christian religious site in southern Lebanon, according to a statement released on Saturday. The incident occurred in the village of Yaroun, where Israeli forces said they were targeting what they described as terrorist infrastructure. The army confirmed that a building within a religious compound was hit during the operation.

A French Catholic charity, L’Oeuvre d’Orient, strongly condemned the attack, claiming that Israeli troops destroyed a convent belonging to the Greek-Catholic Salvatorian Sisters. The organization described the strike as a deliberate assault on a place of worship. In response, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated that the damaged building bore no clear religious markings at the time, and that once religious symbols were identified on another structure in the same complex, steps were taken to prevent further harm.

Adraee also justified the military presence in the area, citing multiple rocket attacks launched from the compound toward Israeli territory by Hezbollah, despite an existing ceasefire.