Aljazeera | Monday, April 15, 2024 
Several Israeli troops wounded in Lebanon attack claimed by Hezbollah

Several Israeli soldiers have been wounded in a blast in Lebanon near the Israeli border, according to the Israeli military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Iran-backed Hezbollah said on Monday that it had detonated “explosive devices” targeting Israeli soldiers who crossed into Lebanese territory.  In a statement, the group said its fighters planted explosive devices in the Tel Ismail area in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel. It said its fighters detonated the devices when a patrol of Israeli soldiers crossed into Lebanon and arrived at the area where the devices were planted. The group said the blasts led to “deaths and injuries” although it did not provide any evidence. An Israeli military official told the Reuters news agency that four Israeli troops were wounded in the overnight blast, which occurred hundreds of meters inside Lebanese territory. “We confirm that the incident occurred inside Lebanon,” an Israeli army spokesperson told the Agence France-Presse news agency. It is the first time Hezbollah has claimed such an attack in more than six months of near daily cross-border fire between the group and Israel since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. Reporting from Naqoura in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem said the attack was “an indication that the situation here is very sensitive” “This is not the first time that a bomb or a roadside bomb is being detonated…Read more