BEIRUT –
The Lebanese military stated troops fired tear fuel at Israeli troopers in a disputed space alongside the tense border Saturday. Nobody was damage within the incident.
The world the place the incident occurred is in Chebaa Farms and the Kfar Chouba hills that had been captured by Israel from Syria through the 1967 Mideast struggle and are a part of Syria’s Golan Heights that Israel annexed in 1981. The Lebanese authorities says the realm belongs to Lebanon.
The Lebanese military stated a bulldozer was engaged on the Lebanese facet of the border to take away a sand barrier positioned earlier by the Israelis when Israeli troops fired tear fuel to drive it to cease. The military stated Lebanese troops responded by firing tear fuel on the Israeli troopers.
The Israeli navy stated troopers noticed an engineering car’s shovel crossing the border line from Lebanon into Israeli territory within the space of Mount Dov, as Chebaa Farms are recognized in Israel. It added that in response, Israeli troopers used “riot dispersal means” and the car returned to Lebanese territory.
The Lebanon-Israel border has been comparatively calm since Israel and Hezbollah fought a 34-day struggle in 2006. Regardless of that, there have been tensions.
In April, Israel launched uncommon airstrikes in southern Lebanon after militants fired almost three dozen rockets from Lebanon at Israel, wounding two individuals and inflicting property harm.
In July, Israeli forces shelled a southern Lebanese border village after a number of explosions had been heard in a disputed space the place the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet.
