The Israeli military says that during engineering work on the Lebanon border yesterday, troops identified a concrete structure that violated the so-called Blue Line by 2-4 meters, near the northern town of Shtula.
The Israel Defense Forces says it worked with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, to have the structure removed.
Earlier today, the structure was dismantled by the Lebanese Army, the IDF says.
Israel and Lebanon do not have a formal border due to territorial disputes; however, they largely abide by the Blue Line. The line is marked with blue barrels along the border and in some areas is several meters from the Israeli fence, which is built entirely within Israeli territory.
The incident comes months after the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group erected two tents over the Blue Line in the contested Mount Dov region on the border, and has only moved one of them back over to Lebanon.
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