Beirut, August 2 (Petra) -- Five Lebanese soldiers were wounded Sunday in an Israeli strike on the town of Kafra in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army announced.

The soldiers were hit while a military vehicle was escorting residents in the town, according to a security official.

The security source said the Israeli military carried out explosions in the towns of Hadatha, Tayyibeh and Kounine, with the blasts heard across several areas of southern Lebanon.

//Petra// NQ