{"id":135,"date":"2026-04-21T19:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=135"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:49:19","slug":"two-israeli-soldiers-jailed-for-damaging-jesus-statue-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/21\/two-israeli-soldiers-jailed-for-damaging-jesus-statue-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Israeli Soldiers Jailed for Damaging Jesus Statue in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to 30 days in prison for damaging a statue of Jesus Christ during a military operation in Lebanon, according to official sources.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly occurred during a search operation by the Israel Defense Forces in a village in Lebanon. One soldier was seen striking and breaking the statue with a hammer, while another recorded the act.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident later surfaced on social media, sparking widespread outrage and condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>Following an internal investigation, the Israeli military stated that the soldiers\u2019 actions violated military regulations and standards of conduct. As a result, both individuals were handed 30-day prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country\u2019s Foreign Minister also strongly condemned the act.<\/p>\n<p>The military has reiterated that all personnel must strictly adhere to protocols regarding the protection of religious sites and cultural heritage during operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to 30 days in prison for damaging a statue of Jesus Christ during a military operation in Lebanon, according to official sources. The incident reportedly occurred during a search operation by the Israel Defense Forces in a village in Lebanon. One soldier was seen striking and breaking the statue &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}