Two Lebanese soldiers today were killed and three others injured in an Israeli strike next to an army checkpoint in South Lebanon. This is the first time that Israel fires at the Lebanese Army ever since the war escalated two weeks ago. On the same day, and few days after having rejected an Israeli demand to relocate some positions in the South, UNIFIL Sri Lankan troops were injured by an Israeli strike close to their watch tower.

The death toll from the Israeli war on Lebanon has risen. to 2229 kills and 10380 injured as of October 8.