The Lebanese Army Command-Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:
On May 27, 2026, an army unit was able to recover the body of a soldier who was killed after being targeted in an Israeli airstrike near his post, in the vicinity of the Qaroun Lake dam in West Bekaa, following continuous field efforts amid intense drone activity by the enemy.
Access to the site had been impossible the previous day due to ongoing security threats and continued strikes in the area.
The area had been subjected to several Israeli airstrikes on May 26, 2026, which resulted in the death of the soldier and several paramedics while they were attempting to carry out a humanitarian mission to evacuate him.