The IDF is investigating a photo circulated on social media showing an IDF soldier smoking a cigarette while holding another cigarette next to the mouth of a Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon. Last month, a soldier was filmed smashing a statue of Jesus placed in the Christian village of Debl in southern Lebanon, which sparked major uproar worldwide and in Israel. The soldier and the photographer were removed from combat and sent to military prison. The IDF placed a new statue in the village.

