Israeli soldier filmed smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon

An https://x.com/i/birdwatch/t/2045851392527458672?source=6" target="_blank">image showing an https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli soldier using a jackhammer to smash a statue of Jesus on a cross in southern Lebanon went viral on social media on Sunday.

Israel has occupied several areas in southern https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon since launching its war on the country on March 2.

A ceasefire came into effect on Friday.

Members of the Christian community say the statue is in the village of Debel, a Maronite Christian town about six kilometres northwest of Ain Ebel and roughly five kilometres from the Israeli border community of Shtula.

The image sparked immediate outrage online, including among some former allies of US President Donald Trump.

Former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/2045950812543721907?s=20" target="_blank">posted mockingly on X under the image: “'Our greatest ally' that takes billions of our tax dollars and weapons every year.”

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