{"id":48446,"date":"2026-04-20T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48446"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:46","slug":"israeli-soldier-filmed-smashing-jesus-statue-in-southern-lebanon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48446","title":{"rendered":"Israeli soldier filmed smashing Jesus statue in southern Lebanon: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>An Israeli soldier was filmed smashing a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese town of Deir Siryan, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday.\u00a0The Daily said the incident was documented in a video showing the soldier destroying the statue inside the town, without providing details on the circumstances or exact timing.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the report, the Israeli army\u00a0said the actions \u201cdo not align with the values of the army or the expected conduct of its soldiers.\u201d The military claimed the incident would be investigated \u201cthoroughly and comprehensively\u201d and that appropriate measures would be taken based on the findings, without providing further details on the soldier\u2019s identity or possible disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>Since March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon\u00a0have killed 2,294 people, wounded 7,544, and displaced more than a million, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<p>Read: World weighs fate of Mideast ceasefire after US seizes Iranian cargo ship<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon as of midnight Friday following calls with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday that Israel intends to maintain control over all areas it has occupied in southern Lebanon during the latest offensive.<\/p>\n<p>The military has also referred to a so-called \u201cYellow Line\u201d south of the Litani River marking areas where its forces are operating, according to Israeli media reports. The line stretches from Naqoura in the west to Khiam in the northeast, passing through towns including Shaqra, Aita al-Shaab, Bint Jbeil, and Adaisseh, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p>The total area between the so-called Yellow and Blue Lines is not clear, but Israeli media have reported that Israeli forces are present in about 55 towns and villages in southern Lebanon.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Israeli soldier was filmed smashing a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese town of Deir Siryan, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday.\u00a0The Daily said the incident was documented in a video showing the soldier destroying the statue inside the town, without providing details on the circumstances or exact timing. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}