Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Fire on Border — What's Next?
Articles: https://www.i24news.tv/en Live: https://video.i24news.tv/page/live?cl... Replay: https://video.i24news.tv/page/5ab2981... Facebook: / i24newsen Twitter: / i24news_en Instagram: / i24news #i24NEWS #Hezbollah #Lebanon i24NEWS DESK | Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire on the Israel-Lebanon border. Will it escalate to an all-out conflict? What's behind these types of incidents? Our Adi Koplewitz and Owen Alterman analyze. Story: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that a military base was struck by anti-tank projectiles fired by Lebanese-based terror organization Hezbollah near the northern border. Following the missile fire, the Shi'ite terror organization claimed to have destroyed an IDF vehicle in the attack. In an official statement, the IDF said: “Following the initial report of an incident in Avivim, a number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon at an IDF base and military vehicles in the area. "The IDF returned fire at shooting sources and targets in southern Lebanon. Additional details are under investigation and will be provided later," the IDF added. The IDF did not state whether there were any casualties. According to Hezbollah-affiliated news channel Al-Manar, the IDF responded by attacking the town of Maroun al-Ras in south Lebanon with artillery shells, believing it to be the area where the projectiles were launched. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been updated on the incident and emergency units have been ordered to the northern border. Residents of the town of Avivim and Kibbutz Yir’on in the Upper Galilee, where Hezbollah is believed to have struck, said they could hear explosions Sunday afternoon, reported Haaretz. In light of this, nearby roads were blocked by the IDF. The IDF has ordered residents in range of 2.5 miles from the northern Lebanese border to open shelters. Furthermore, residents are not obliged to enter shelters unless they hear alarms. Should alarms go off, people in the area should stay in shelter for 10 minutes and wait for further instructions, the IDF spokesperson said in a statement. Earlier on Sunday, the IDF reportedly fired a number of artillery shells near the contested Shebaa Farms on the northern border surfaced, according to Lebanese media. Tensions between Israel and Lebanon are at a fever pitch, with the Shi'ite terror organization Hezbollah blaming Jerusalem for a string of bombings it has suffered over the past several weeks.
