Israeli Patrol Opens Fire towards Southern Lebanon
An Israeli military patrol opened gunfire towards the outskirts of Mays el-Jabal in south Lebanon, in al-Berkeh neighborhood before returning to the Israeli side, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.
NNA said the reasons for this behavior have not been known.
The agency added that the troops positioned a Merkava tank on the Lebanese-Palestinian border opposite the town of Hula in al-Abbad neighborhood.
Al-Jadeed TV station said the troops opened gunfire towards a 9-year-old boy, who lives with his family near the technical separation fence, who was chasing a hen that escaped from the coop.
A Lebanese army patrol and UNIFIL troops arrived at the scene, and opened an investigation into the incident, said the TV station.
Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war and with no diplomatic ties.
The two have lately agreed to hold indirect sea border talks under U.N. and U.S. auspices to allow for offshore energy exploration.
15 December 2020, 12:49
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"on the Lebanese-Palestinian border"!!!!!!!
Where exactly is that?
15 December 2020, 14:55
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Sorry old chap, that is the Lebanon - Israel border. Israel has a border much further south, the nearest point to Lebanon being just north of Jenin.
16 December 2020, 01:25
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Ridiculous. Where's the international community? Oh wait, it's not a problem when they do this. Every day there's a violation of our sovereignty and no one listens. Our govt has been a failure for decades, and our friendly European settler neighbours to the south love our dysfunctional system and politicians so they can get away with this.
16 December 2020, 16:14
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Lebanon should go to the UN and insist all sides strictly comply with 1701 and request penalties for any violation by either side.
16 December 2020, 19:50
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So, in the end as an armed Hizballah is on the border permanently, Lebanon would be in no less violation than Israel.
Therefore, what is your point?
16 December 2020, 23:57
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@phillipo
No one in Lebanon, army or Hezbollah, is crossing the border every day, flying over "Israeli" airspace and sending gunboats into "Isreali" waters. Thats the point.
