Israeli soldiers along the border with Lebanon on Tuesday targeted a Lebanese army patrol with smoke grenades, injuring two soldiers and sparking a large fire, the Lebanese army claimed.
“An intelligence directorate patrol inspecting a piece of land [near the town of Rmaich] was attacked by an enemy Israeli patrol that threw six smoke grenades and wounded two soldiers,” Lebanese officials said.
Another army patrol, along with a liaison team from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and a fire brigade crew quickly deployed to the area and extinguished the fire on the Lebanese side, they added.
The Israeli army said it was looking into the report.
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Israel occupied parts of Lebanon for 22 years until 2000; the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group claims credit for its withdrawal following persistent guerrilla attacks.
The two countries are still technically at war but incidents such as Tuesday’s are rare.
A UN-demarcated “Blue Line” drawn up after Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 serves as the a frontier between the two countries.
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