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| Hezbollah Israel attack: IDF opens fire on southern Lebanon after convoy attack wounds multiple soldiers | |
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| Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israeli army convoy that is reported to have injured a number of IDF troops. | |
| The Israeli army has opened fire on southern Lebanon in response, sending at least 35 artillery shells in the direction of the Shebaa Farms region. | The Israeli army has opened fire on southern Lebanon in response, sending at least 35 artillery shells in the direction of the Shebaa Farms region. |
| Lebanese officials said Hezbollah had claimed it carried out the attack using anti-tank weapons, in what was described as a “big” and “sophisticated operation”. | Lebanese officials said Hezbollah had claimed it carried out the attack using anti-tank weapons, in what was described as a “big” and “sophisticated operation”. |
| The attack took place near Mount Dov and Shebaa, a stretch of land that lies in disputed territory where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet. | The attack took place near Mount Dov and Shebaa, a stretch of land that lies in disputed territory where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet. |
| The exchange sent tensions soaring around the volatile boundary. The military did not immediately report any casualties, and said residents of the area have been ordered to remain in their homes. | The exchange sent tensions soaring around the volatile boundary. The military did not immediately report any casualties, and said residents of the area have been ordered to remain in their homes. |
| Hezbollah said in a statement that it had destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among "enemy ranks". | |
| A statement said the attack was carried out by a group calling itself the "heroic martyrs of Quneitra" - suggesting it was retaliation for an Israeli air strike on the Golan Heights on 18 January that killed six Hezbollah fighters. | |
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