The Israeli army reports that two soldiers were killed in Lebanon.

The Israeli army announced on Saturday the deaths of two soldiers who had been fighting in southern Lebanon, where Israel is pursuing a campaign against Hezbollah.

Captain Shahar Gamla, 23, died Saturday after succumbing to wounds sustained in combat, while Sergeant Ohad Yaari, 21, died Friday “during operational activity in southern Lebanon”, the military said.

Israel has lost 29 soldiers since the start of the latest war in Lebanon, as well as one civilian contractor, according to official figures.

Its bombing campaign and invasion of Lebanon’s south have killed more than 3,500 people there, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Several soldiers had been killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in south Lebanon, Beirut’s military said Saturday, days after the two countries announced a conditional truce following talks in the United States.