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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fired several shots in the air near the Lebanese border this afternoon, prompting the Lebanese military to raise their alert levels.
According to reports from southern Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces fired the shots in the Kroum Al-Sharqi area near the United Nations' blue line.
The state-owned National News Agency (NNA) reported "the shooting took place because of the heavy fog in the area and the surprise of the Israeli enemy of a Lebanese army patrol in the Lebanese territory."
No one was harmed as a result of the gunfire.
Earlier this week, the Israeli Defense Forces launched "Operation Northern Shield" near the Lebanese border.
The primary objective of this IDF operation is to eliminate the alleged tunnels of Hezbollah that stretch as far as Upper Galilee.
Comment: This comes as the IDF makes claims of a second Hezbollah
tunnel discovered crossing from Lebanon into Israel:
The IDF added that they had placed explosives inside the tunnel, warning that "anyone who enters the tunnel does so at their own risk."
Similar to the first tunnel, discovered during the first day of the Northern Shield operation, the facility was not operational and did not pose any immediate threat to Israel, according to Tel Aviv's military.
And Lebanese media have released photos alleging to be of IDF troops operating near Meiss Ej Jabal village,
within Lebanon in the border zone between the two nations:
Hezbollah has responded to the IDF's latest barrage of belligerence with their own dose of
tough talk:
Hezbollah is capable of targeting any point in Israel with its missiles, the group's second in command Sheikh Naim Qassem said in an interview with Iran's al-Vefagh newspaper.
"There is not a single point in the occupied territories out of reach of Hezbollah's missiles," Qassem said.
According to the senior official, the missiles serve to deter Israel from starting another war with Lebanon by exposing the "Israeli home front".
Even warmonger and ex-DM Lieberman is criticizing Netanyahu's Hezbollah tunnel gambit, urging IDF action
in Gaza instead:
"Taking action in the north does not justify inaction in the south. What is happening in the north is an engineering act, not a military operation. There is no need to put one over the other. Both can be dealt with," Lieberman pointed out.
According to Lieberman, Israel endorsing Qatar's move to provide Gaza with $30 million over the past two months was tantamount to "surrendering to Hamas" and "buying quiet at the price of our national security."
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Comment: This comes as the IDF makes claims of a second Hezbollah tunnel discovered crossing from Lebanon into Israel: And Lebanese media have released photos alleging to be of IDF troops operating near Meiss Ej Jabal village, within Lebanon in the border zone between the two nations:
Hezbollah has responded to the IDF's latest barrage of belligerence with their own dose of tough talk: Even warmonger and ex-DM Lieberman is criticizing Netanyahu's Hezbollah tunnel gambit, urging IDF action in Gaza instead: See also: