Israeli Soldiers Cross Blue Line at Mais al-Jabal
Israeli troops crossed on Wednesday the Blue Line border in southern Lebanon, announced the Army Command in a statement.
It said that at 7:22 am on Wednesday, eight soldiers crossed the Blue Line at the Mais al-Jabal region and walked 20 meters into Lebanese territory.
Lebanese army units in the area took the necessary defensive positions to confront the soldiers.
The Israeli unit however returned to the occupied territories at 8:03 am.
Earlier on Wednesday, the National News Agency said that a number of Israeli troops had crossed the technical border fence with Lebanon near the Wadi Qatmoun region.
They then deployed near the Blue Line near the town of Rmeish in the Bint Jbeil district.
On Monday, Israeli forces carried out road work near the southern town.
An Israeli unit had created a makeshift road in the Khillet al-Qatmoun area near Rmeish.
The operation took place within the technical fence along the border, as well as within Lebanese territory.
Tensions were recently high along the Lebanese-Israeli border after an Israeli soldier was shot and killed by a Lebanese soldier on December 15.
The Lebanese army announced that the soldier had acted on his own.
It marked the first time in three years that an Israeli soldier was killed in a cross-border shooting.
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