Army, UNIFIL Go on Alert as Israel Removes Border Barb Wire

Israeli forces on Sunday removed old barbed wire along a separation wall it had constructed off the Fatima border gate, as the Lebanese Army closed roads facing the border wall.

The army and UNIFIL peacekeepers took strict security measures in the area during the process, according to the National News Agency.

“Assisted by bulldozers, dozens of Israeli troops removed the two-kilometer barb wire,” NNA said.

UNIFIL's eastern sector commander, General Antonio Romero Losada, inspected the area and oversaw the Israeli works.

Israeli forces have also resumed works to enlarge a road in a field leading to the Hounine military post while erecting sand barriers in the area opposite the Lebanese town of Markaba in Marjeyoun district.