ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The IDF confirmed on Sunday that Hezbollah terrorists were the ones who deployed an explosive device, which ended up wounding five Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon.

According to the military, the explosive, which was run over by the Lebanese soldiers, belonged to Hezbollah, contrary to claims that the incident had been Israel's responsibility.

The IDF further clarified that the incident had occured in the Kfara area of Lebanon, where no Israeli soldiers had any presence.

Lebanon claims Israel struck its soldiers, then backtracks

On Sunday evening, the Lebanese Armed Forces said that five of its soldiers were lightly wounded after a "hostile Israeli strike" in the Kafr Kila area, southern Lebanon.

A Lebanese army officer stands beside a building damaged in an Israeli air strike, in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, a village in southern Lebanon, following the deployment of Lebanese soldiers in one of three pilot zones after the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered plan, July 26, 20
A Lebanese army officer stands beside a building damaged in an Israeli air strike, in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, a village in southern Lebanon, following the deployment of Lebanese soldiers in one of three pilot zones after the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered plan, July 26, 20 (credit: REUTERS/ZOHRA BENSEMRA)

The initial assessment said that the explosion was the product of an Israeli strike, which happened while the soldiers were escorting several residents in town at the time of the reported strike.

Later that day, Lebanon's military walked back on the claim that the five were hurt in an Israeli strike, while adding that the incident was the product of a "suspicious object."