Dangerous tensions between Israel and Lebanon

The Israeli army announced that it had attacked the area in question after mortar shells were fired from the Lebanese border towards the Israeli side.

The Israeli army spokesman stated that troops who went to the region after an explosion report near the village of Gajar in the occupied Golan Heights found that a mortar shell was fired from Lebanon and that it exploded on the Israeli side. Near the border.

In the statement, it was noted that the areas where mortar shells were fired from Lebanon were hit. Lebanese state television also announced that 20 artillery shells fired by Israel landed in the Kefar Shuba, Halta Farm areas. No information on deaths, injuries or property damage in the incident was shared.

HIZBOLLAH: ISRAEL OCCUPED SOUTH LEBANON

On the other hand, the Hezbollah Movement in Lebanon claimed that Israel occupied the entire town of Gajar on the Lebanese border and built a wall around it.

In the statement shared by the official Lebanese agency NNA, it was noted that the entire northern region of Gajar, whose northern region is considered Lebanese territory by the United Nations, was occupied by the Israeli army and that the Israeli forces had placed a wire fence. and a concrete wall around the town. Noting that historically all of Gacar belonged to Lebanon, but Israel imposed its authority over the entire town, it was stated that the entrances to the town were closed from the Lebanese side and entry from Israel was allowed.

The Al Akhbariyya newspaper, known for its closeness to the Hezbollah Movement in Lebanon, announced that rockets were fired at Israel in the morning, citing security sources, and that Israel responded with rockets in the same area.

However, Israeli army officials assured in a statement to the country’s media that the explosion occurred on the border as a result of the detonation of an old mine. (AA)