A Lebanese soldier was killed in the Bint Jbeil town of southern Lebanon after an Israeli attack, the Lebanese army informed, reports Al Jazeera.

The respective statement added that the Lebanese soldiers have responded to the sources of the shooting.

The number of Lebanese soldiers killed in the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon has reached two on Thursday.

Earlier, the Lebanese army had reported that one soldier was killed and another was injured during an evacuation-rescue operation together with the Lebanese Red Cross.