BLIDA, Lebanon — Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said.

The incident in the town of Blida sparked condemnation by Lebanese officials and a protest by residents.

The Israeli army said in a statement that the soldiers had entered to “destroy terrorist infrastructure” belonging to the militant group Hezbollah and “identified a suspect” inside the building who they attempted to apprehend.

It said they had fired to “neutralize a threat” and that the details of the incident were under investigation.

Since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire nominally halted the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November, Israel has continued to launch near-daily strikes on Lebanon, saying it is

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