Israeli Infantry Unit Crosses Barbed Wire Fence in al-Wazzani
Israeli troops crossed on Tuesday the barbed wire in al-Wazzani hills and deployed at the river's eastern bank, the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to NNA, the Israeli infantry unit was composed of 25 soldiers.
However, the soldiers did not cross the U.N.-drawn Blue Line.
The Wazzani spring is a major source of the Hasbani river.
An Israeli bulldozer was later reported to have crossed the technical fence in the town of Rmeish in the Bint Jbeil district.
According to NNA the bulldozer began digging in Wadi Qatmoun.
The incident comes a day after Israeli troops dismantled and removed two electronic devices from the Lebanese border town of Adaisseh, south of the Blue Line, as Lebanese soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers stood guard and monitored the process.
The Lebanese army said in a communique that the step happened “in the presence of army forces and U.N. peacekeepers.”
A two-piece object resembling a spying device was found planted under a tree in Adaisseh on Saturday.
The Lebanese Army issued a communique on Saturday saying that two computers with Hebrew writing were found in the disputed area.
Tension has spiked on the border between the two countries since a Lebanese soldier gunned down an Israeli soldier driving near the frontier on December 16.
Israel's border with Lebanon has been largely quiet since the 2006 war with Hizbullah.
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