Israeli Soldier Smashes Jesus Statue, Netanyahu Vows Action

0:00It's April 21st. This is US News Today, your AI-powered source for national news. And Israeli soldier got caught on camera smashing the head off of Jesus statue in a Christian village in southern Lebanon and Prime Minister Benjamin. Netanyahu is promising harsh action against him. The military confirmed the photo was real, showing the guy with a sledgehammer hitting the fallen crucifix figure in devil right near the border. This happened amid Israel's push into southern Lebanon after Hezbollah jumped into the fight-backing Iran back on March 2nd, turning up the heat-in, the whole Middle East conflict. Air strikes and ground-ops killed nearly 2,300 people, displaced over a million, and cost Israel 15 soldiers before A. ceasefire kicked in last week, folks are fired up over it, with the Catholic leaders in the Holy Land slamming it as a huge insult to their faith and calling out other similar. They want quit punishment, real accountability, and an end to the war that's wrecked the region.

1:01The army sees it as dead serious, totally against their values, and they're launching a criminal probe while teaming up with locals to fix and replace, the statue. Foreign Minister Gideon Tsar called it shameful, apologized to her Christians, and back severe steps. Israeli forces are still holding positions down south, even with the ceasefire, so tensions linger as they sort this mess and try to keep the peace. From cracking again.