Live: Five soldiers killed in south Lebanon, says Israeli army Five Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in south Lebanon, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers killed during the ground invasion in Lebanon to 32, Israel said on Friday. The news came as three journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a collection of chalets that had been rented by various media outlets in southeast Lebanon in what Lebanon has called a "war crime". Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the war in the Middle East.