Israeli Troops Hurl Stun, Smoke Bombs at Wazzani Shepherds
Israeli soldiers threw stun grenades and smoke bombs towards shepherds in the southern Lebanese border region of al-Wazzani on Friday, the Lebanese army said.
“In a new violation of Lebanese sovereignty, an Israeli enemy patrol hurled three smoke bombs and two stun grenades towards shepherds who were grazing their herds in the al-Wazzani region inside Lebanese territory,” the army said in a statement.
The attack did not cause any casualties and the military is following up on the issue with the U.N. Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the army added.
The incident comes two days after an Israeli force crossed the Lebanese border in the Kfarshouba region and seized a goat herd belonging to a Lebanese citizen.
Such violations are frequent in that border area and the Israeli army sometimes kidnaps the shepherds themselves and frees them after interrogation.
Tensions have recently surged along the Lebanese-Israeli border, especially in Shebaa, after Hizbullah attacked an Israeli patrol in retaliation to Israel's December assassination in Syria of its top operative Samir al-Quntar.
Y.R.
12 February 2016, 23:37
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When the Lebanese Armed Forces can defend every part of Lebanon and not serve 3izrayil tea, then the Hizb will disarm.
13 February 2016, 18:56
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@ex-fpm
I really have no idea what my comment has to do with religion!
Fact remains that had it not been for Hizballah, parts if not all of Southern Lebanon would be Northern 3izrayil.
