Tensions between Tel Aviv and Beirut have ramped up in recent months, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Thursday that Israel could launch a military operation in Lebanon proper to detect and destroy alleged Hezbollah tunnelling activity.
Israeli troops fired warning shots near the UN-established Blue Line border demarcation between Israel and Lebanon, Lebanese news agency NNA reported Saturday.
The shots, said to have been fired east of the Lebanese village of Meiss ej Jabal, were fired amid Israel’s ongoing operations to identify and destroy Hezbollah tunnels along the border area.
“The soldiers of hostile Israel opened fired into the air after being stationed near the Blue Line in the Qurum al-Sharqi area east of Meiss ej Jabal,” the news agency said. Troops were said to have opened fire above an ordinary patrol vehicle of the Lebanese army performing a routine patrol in the border area amid conditions of heavy fog.
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