5 Lebanese squaddies have been killed on Saturday in an explosion in a Hezbollah army facility.The troops have been reportedly clearing munitions, an army supply instructed AFP.The blast happened close to Majdal Zoun and Wadi Zibqin in Tyre district as troops have been “eliminating munitions and unexploded ordnance left over from the new conflict” between Israel and the Iran-backed workforce, the supply stated. The power were a part of Hezbollah’s army infrastructure, which the Lebanese military has been dismantling beneath a November truce settlement that ended the warfare.The military has no longer issued a observation, however President Joseph Aoun stated he had spoken to military commander Rodolphe Haykal a couple of “painful incident” that led to casualties amongst troops. The presidency showed the blast was once brought about by means of a munitions explosion all the way through an engineering unit’s paintings to disable ordnance. High Minister Nawaf Salam paid tribute on X to the warriors who died “whilst appearing their nationwide accountability”.“With nice ache, Lebanon mourns the sons of our courageous military who rose as martyrs within the south whilst appearing their nationwide accountability. All of Lebanon, state and other folks, bows in reverence earlier than their sacrifices and natural blood, which reaffirm that our military is the safeguard, the castle of sovereignty, and the protector of the country’s cohesion and its professional establishments. Might God have mercy on our heroes,” Salam stated.The explosion got here two days after Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, stated forces had exposed “an infinite community of fortified tunnels” in the similar space. UN spokesman Farhan Haq later stated peacekeepers and Lebanese troops discovered “3 bunkers, artillery, rocket launchers, loads of explosive shells and rockets, anti-tank mines and about 250 ready-to-use improvised explosive units”.