00:00It's an act being described as disgraceful and shameful by Israel's foreign minister.
00:06A photo emerged online over the weekend showing an Israeli soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a
00:12fallen sculpture of Jesus on the cross.
00:15Reuters verified the location of the image as Debel in Lebanon's south.
00:20A local priest said the cross was part of a small shrine in a family garden.
00:25He said it was a, quote, desecration of our holy symbols.
00:29Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar called for an investigation and apologized to every Christian whose feelings were hurt.
00:37Israel's military on Monday said it was investigating and viewed the incident with great severity.
00:43Debel is one of dozens of villages in south Lebanon now under effective Israeli occupation.
00:48Israel and Lebanon on Thursday agreed to a U.S.-broken ceasefire intended to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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