Blast in south Lebanon kills two Israeli soldiers, injures seven VIDEO

Two Israeli soldiers were killed, and seven others were wounded in an explosion inside a booby-trapped building in the southern Lebanese town of Majdalzoun.

Later in the day, Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes on al-Mansouri, while artillery shelled the outskirts of Majdalzoun, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media. 

Warplanes also conducted mock raids and dropped flares over several areas in southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces were also reported to have detonated houses overnight into Wednesday (August 5) in the border towns of Kfartebnit, al-Mansouri and Haddatha.

The report said forces were burning forests and fruit-bearing trees in Houla, with the resulting flames spreading to houses in the occupied border town.

In the Nabatieh district, the Israeli military also dropped flare bombs over the heights of Kfar Remman