Separate Israeli strikes kill two Lebanese soldiers and injure UN peacekeepers

An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three other troops on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, an incident that entangles the country’s official army in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

The Lebanese army said the Israeli airstrike hit a building near a military checkpoint in Kafra, Bint Jbeil province in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military said it had been targeting Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon...