Israeli Army Kidnaps 5 Lebanese from Shebaa
The Israeli army kidnapped on Thursday five Lebanese, including 2 women and a child, from Lebanese territories in the South.
The kidnapping occurred in the farm of Bastara after a unit crossed the technical fence, said the army in a statement.
It identified the two men as Shebaa shepherds Hassan Zahra and his brother Ismail Zahra.
The two women are Nuhad Awad and Wafaa Ali Moussa while the child's name is Wouroud Hussein Zahra, it said.
The women were detained after they attempted to thwart the kidnapping, but Israel later released them, stated the army communique.
The Lebanese army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon held contacts to secure the freedom of the two men.
Israel occasionally kidnaps shepherds, claiming they were in Israeli territories.
But it later sets them free after questioning them.
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