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Israel, Hezbollah clash near Lebanon border

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BEIRUT – Hezbollah carried out an operation against the Israeli military on Monday at the Lebanon-Israel border, Lebanese sources familiar with the operation said. 

Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon on July 27, 2020Credit: AFP. Hezbollah carried out an operation against the Israeli military on Monday at the Lebanon-Israel border, Lebanese sources familiar with the operation said.  Hezbollah’s attack was reportedly in retaliation for the death of one of its fighters, killed in an apparent Israeli strike on the edge of Damascus last Monday. 

The Israeli military said there had been a “security incident” on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon and Israeli media reported there was an exchange of fire in the area with militants of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group. 

Israel’s N12 TV News said the military had foiled an attack by Hezbollah. The Israeli military ordered residents in the area to stay indoors. There were no immediate reports of casualties. 

A Reuters witness in Lebanon counted dozens of Israeli shells hitting the Shebaa Farms area, landing near an Israeli position. Fires were burning and smoke was rising from the area. 

A Lebanese source said Hezbollah’s attack was made in retaliation for the death of one of its fighters, killed in an apparent Israeli strike on the edge of Damascus last Monday. 

“Lebanon and Hezbollah will bear the responsibility for any attack from Lebanese territory,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks, shortly before the reports of the incident. 

Following the killing of two Hezbollah members in Damascus last August, Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader, vowed it would respond if Israel killed any more of its fighters in the country. 

Hezbollah has deployed fighters in Syria as part of Iranian-backed efforts to support President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict that spiraled out of protests against his rule in 2011. 

Israel sees the presence of Hezbollah and its ally Iran in Syria as a strategic threat and has mounted hundreds of raids on Iranian-linked targets there. It captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war. 

(Reuters)

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6 responses to “Israel, Hezbollah clash near Lebanon border”

  1. vs Avatar
    vs

    At 15:31, the Israel Defense Forces press office notified of a “security incident” in the Mount Dov area, on the border with Lebanon.

    15:35. In connection with this incident, the IDF command issued orders for residents of settlements near the border with Lebanon (from Rosh HaNikra in the west to Mount Hermon in the east): 1) stay in their homes or hotels, 2) interrupt activities in open space including agricultural work and tourism, 3) avoid unnecessary travel. Highways near the northern border are blocked by the military.

    It is reported that from the Lebanese side, Hezbollah fighters fired an anti-tank missile towards the Israeli military (at least two groups of militants were seen: one fired, the other tried to penetrate Israeli territory; apparently, there were four militants). The IDF returned fire, including from artillery pieces. It was later clarified that a group of militants tried to penetrate into Israeli territory, but there was no anti-tank missile attack from the Lebanese side.

    15:40. Lebanese TV channels Al-Mayadin and Al-Manar, associated with Hezbollah, report that the Israeli military fired at targets near the village of Kafr Shuba. Information about the losses of Hezbollah is being specified.

    At about 4:00 pm, local residents reported hearing explosions. Combat aviation was raised into the air.

    Obviously, the IDF acted to destroy the militants. The actions of the Israeli military did not retaliate against other targets in Lebanese territory.

    From about 4:10 pm there is information about a lull. There is no data on the victims on the Israeli side.

    At 16:30 it was announced that at this stage “the incident is over”, and hostilities in the area of ​​the Lebanese-Israeli border have ceased. However, the IDF command emphasizes that a high alert mode is maintained near the northern border.

    16:45. Rear Services Administration confirms: all restrictions have been lifted for citizens in areas adjacent to the northern border.

    At 17:00, the Lebanese authorities announced a “pacification” on the border with Israel. Lebanese media reported damage to a house in Kafr Shuba.

    At 17:08, the IDF press service issued an official statement stating that no one was injured among the Israeli soldiers. According to the press service of the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF prevented a Hezbollah militant unit from entering Israeli territory.

  2. No Avatar
    No

    Looks as though the country really does need Nasrallah to protect all Lebanese from the Israelis invading to take Lebanon’s land, wealth, women, …. In light of that, shouldn’t all Lebanese bend the knee and prostrate 5 times a day?

    What? “That is a bold-faced contrivance” you say? Hunh … who would have guessed? … So who is doing the contriving and why?

    1. Arzna Avatar
      Arzna

      Hezbollah is saying : I know nothing I hear nothing I see nothing . First time I hear about a war between 2 parties with one party denying any involvement . crazy times ….What the hell is going on ?

  3. Lebanese Emigrant Avatar
    Lebanese Emigrant

    Only solution is for Israel to come in and clean out ALL of Hezbollah from Lebanon and sentence the other half including the puppet President and his merry-men for treason. There is no other solution if you want Lebanon back period!

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Be careful, they will start calling you Israeli spy for talking facts and solutions for our beloved country. It is been taken over by Syria and Iran, but nothing to see here when it comes to these to thugs.

      1. Lebanese Emigrant Avatar
        Lebanese Emigrant

        Iran and the rest of the Arab nations have always caused trouble to us. Way more pain and damage to Lebanon and the Lebanese people. They all hate us more than they hate Israel, believe me. They can call me what they please but I will always speak my mind and the truth. “They hate the truth.”

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