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Hezbollah Attacks Israeli Armoured Patrol With Roadside Bomb

Hezbollah in Lebanon has ambushed an Israeli patrol with a roadside bomb at its disputed border with Israel. The militant group has claimed retaliation for the death of one of their senior commanders, allegedly assassinated by Israel recently. The patrol supposedly included a senior Israeli officer that was targeted, according to the group. The Belfast Telegraph reports: Hezbollah said it set off a large explosive device as the patrol passed in the disputed Chebaa Farms area, destroying a vehicle and causing casualties among the soldiers inside. The Israeli army said vehicles in the area were hit with an improvised explosive device and that it responded with targeted artillery fire. It did not say whether there were any casualties. Hezbollah’s television channel Al Manar said one of the vehicles targeted was carrying “a senior officer”. Tensions on the border have been high since Samir Kantar, a celebrated militant who carried out a notorious attack in Israel and spent nearly 30 years in an Israeli jail, was killed in Syria by an air strike late last month. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the strike and said it would avenge his death. Border skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah have quickly escalated into all-out war [...]