Israel shells south Lebanon after border blast

Home World Israel shells south Lebanon after border blast 07-10-2014 05:11 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A blast on Lebanon's border with Israel wounded three Israeli soldiers on Tuesday and the Israeli army responded by firing artillery shells across the frontier, an Israeli security source said, according to Agence France-Presse. An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the incident, which took place near the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Shouba. Lebanon’s al-Manar television, which is aligned with the Shiite militia group Hezbollah, said an explosion had been heard in the area. Tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli borders are frequently tense. Earlier this month, Israeli troops shot and wounded a Lebanese soldier across the ceasefire line between the two countries. Largely quiet Israel and Lebanon are technically at war but their 80 km border has been largely quiet since a month-long war between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in 2006. Israel remains on alert for any spillover from the civil war in neighboring Syria, where Hezbollah forces are fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday, the Israeli military said it fired on two people who tried to slip into the country from Lebanon. Both turned back, the military said. *Agencies

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Israel shells south Lebanon after border blast

07-10-2014 05:11 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A blast on Lebanon's border with Israel wounded three Israeli soldiers on Tuesday and the Israeli army responded by firing artillery shells across the frontier, an Israeli security source said, according to Agence France-Presse.

An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the incident, which took place near the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Shouba.

Lebanon’s al-Manar television, which is aligned with the Shiite militia group Hezbollah, said an explosion had been heard in the area.

Tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli borders are frequently tense. Earlier this month, Israeli troops shot and wounded a Lebanese soldier across the ceasefire line between the two countries.

Largely quiet

Israel and Lebanon are technically at war but their 80 km border has been largely quiet since a month-long war between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in 2006.

Israel remains on alert for any spillover from the civil war in neighboring Syria, where Hezbollah forces are fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

On Sunday, the Israeli military said it fired on two people who tried to slip into the country from Lebanon. Both turned back, the military said.

*Agencies

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