The Israeli army announced yesterday that it had thwarted a Lebanese Hezbollah operation on the border, shortly after an exchange of fire between the two sides across the border between the two countries, while the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed that the Israeli army is "ready for all scenarios", “We are working on all arenas for the security of Israel, near and far from our borders,” he said.
The Israeli army said it had thwarted a sabotage operation in the Jabal Ross area "where the forces managed to disrupt an operation planned by a Hezbollah cell consisting of three to four terrorists".
The statement added that the cell “infiltrated a few meters from the Blue Line and entered an Israeli sovereign area. They were opened fire, and their plan was jammed. There were no casualties on our forces. ”
In its statement, the Israeli army stated that it had monitored the injury of a number of infiltrators, indicating that it was working to reopen civilian roads in the north, and to restore civilian life to normal.
"We have succeeded in thwarting an attempted infiltration of a terrorist cell into Israel," said Israeli army spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, noting that there were no reports of casualties among his forces. "We have confirmed that the terrorists fled back to Lebanon," he added. "Our policy is clear," Netanyahu said in tweets on his Twitter account in Arabic. We will not allow Iran to position itself militarily on our borders with Syria. "I outlined this policy years ago and stick to it consistently."
The Israeli Prime Minister added that "Lebanon and Hezbollah bear responsibility for any aggression launched against us from Lebanese territory."
On the other hand, an informed Lebanese source said that Hezbollah launched a missile targeting an Israeli military vehicle in the Shebaa Farms area on the Lebanese-Israeli border yesterday, while well-informed Lebanese sources said that Hezbollah carried out an operation against the Israeli army in the Shebaa Farms area, One of the sources indicated that the Hezbollah operation came in response to an Israeli attack in which a member of the party was killed in Syria last week.
Yesterday, the Israeli army and the Lebanese "Hezbollah" exchanged fire on the border farms of Shebaa, between the two countries, amid tensions in the region against the backdrop of the killing of an official from the party by an Israeli bombing near Damascus a few days ago.
Earlier yesterday, the Israeli army said that a security incident was being dealt with in the Lebanese Shebaa Farms area, which is still under Israeli control.
The Israeli army instructed residents of areas near the border with Lebanon to stay in their homes.