Police say that several Israelis illegally crossed the border into Lebanon overnight, and some of them threw rocks at Israel Defense Forces troops who arrived on the scene.
Law enforcement officials say four were arrested for illegally crossing the border and public order offenses.
The remaining suspects were returned to Israel by IDF troops. It is unclear how many Israelis crossed the border and why they were not all arrested.
Police note that crossing the border illegally is punishable with up to four years in jail.
It is the second such incident this week. Overnight Saturday-Sunday a group of some 20 ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis illegally entered Lebanon overnight, before being detained by IDF troops and handed over to the police.
The group was apparently trying to reach the tomb of Rav Ashi, a fourth-century Babylonian scholar who is believed buried in the hills near Manara in the Galilee panhandle. The shrine marking his burial spot straddles the Blue Line and is situated within a militarized compound hemmed in between an IDF post and UNIFIL base.
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