JERUSALEM, March 10 (JTA) — An Israeli soldier was moderately wounded Monday in a roadside explosion in southern Lebanon. The explosion occurred near an Israeli patrol in the central sector of the security zone. The soldier was evacuated to a hospital in Israel. After the explosion, Hezbollah gunmen fired mortar and anti-tank missiles at positions of the South Lebanon Army, Israel’s ally in the region.
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