IDF vehicles reportedly operating inside Lebanon
Hezbollah says bulldozers carrying out work beyond border fence; army declines to comment
Hezbollah claimed Wednesday that IDF units had crossed the Israeli-Lebanese border and were operating inside Lebanon, Channel 10 reported.
The reported cited Hezbollah as saying IDF bulldozers were carrying out work near the border.
Photos allegedly taken of the area showed a bulldozer and soldiers, although their country of origin was not clear.
The IDF declined to comment about the reports.
The IDF occasionally carries out work on the border fence, including activities on the Lebanese side of the border.
In October 2016 an IDF soldier was shot and lightly injured by gunfire coming from Lebanon while he was on duty in northern Israel.
The shots were fired from a passing car across the border, according to the IDF. The Israeli troops had been working on the defenses along the border, when they came under attack near Reches Ramim, southwest of Kiryat Shmona, the IDF said.
The Lebanese military denied that the shooting had taken place, telling the government news outlet NNA that “there is no truth to the claims by some media reports from the Zionist enemy” — meaning Israel — “that shots were fired from a car within Lebanon at an Israeli soldier.”
The injured soldier was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Hezbollah, an Iran-proxy terror organization, maintains a large arsenal, which includes hundreds of thousands of rockets aimed at Israel.