Lebanon into Security Storm: ’Israel’ on the Borders with Palestine, Terrorists in Sidon

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Lebanon into the security storm again with "Israeli" attacks on the borders and terrorism hitting the capital of the South, Sidon.

On the borders with occupied Palestine, a Lebanese army sniper killed Sunday night an "Israeli" soldier after his patrol tried to infiltrate into the Lebanese territories.

"The "Israeli" Forces officially confirms that a soldier was shot while driving along the "Israeli"-Lebanese border, near Rosh Hanikra [al-Naqoura]," it said in the statement released early Monday, using the "Israeli" name for the Ras Naqoura crossing.
"The soldier was treated at the scene and was then evacuated to a hospital. He later died of his wounds."

"Israeli" news website Ynet, quoting army sources, said that the Lebanese soldier had fired six or seven rounds."
In Lebanon, the official National News Agency reported that "a Lebanese army unit opened fire at an "Israeli" army unit this evening at the border, near the al-Naqoura border post."

UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tinenti said that his force was informed about a "serious" border incident and was trying to establish the facts.
"The situation is ongoing and the UNIFIL force commander is in contact with counterparts, urging restraint," he told AFP.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an "Israeli" army spokesman, said the Zionist entity had protested "this outrageous breach of "Israel" with UN peacekeeping forces and heightened its state of preparedness.

"We will not tolerate aggression against "Israel", and maintain the right to exercise self-defense against perpetrators of attacks against "Israel" and its civilians," he threatened.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in statement that both sides were, "cooperating with the United Nations ... to ascertain the facts," and he urged both sides to exercise restraint.

Moving to the internal front, near-simultaneous attacks on two army checkpoints in Sidon - one of them involving a suicide bomber - left a soldier and four gunmen dead on Sunday evening.
In the first attack, an unidentified attacker hurled a hand grenade at an army checkpoint on Sidon's northern entrance in the al-Awwali area, prompting troops to retaliate, which left a gunman dead and a soldier wounded.
Soon after the attack, the LA intensified its patrols in the area, another attack targeted one of its checkpoints in the Sidon suburb of Majdelyoun.

The NNA said three gunmen attacked the checkpoint at the Majdelyoun-Bqosta intersection, noting that one of them blew himself up while the other two were killed by troops.
"At 9:15 pm, an armed man crossed the Lebanese Army's checkpoint in al-Awwali, north of Sidon, and hurled a hand grenade at it," an army statement said late Sunday.

"The incident left two soldiers wounded and troops fired back at the aforementioned person, which resulted in his death," the statement added."And at around 10:00 pm, an Envoy-type SUV carrying three gunmen arrived at the army checkpoint in Sidon's Majdelyoun and one of them left the vehicle and blew himself up with a hand grenade, which resulted in his death and led to the martyrdom of a soldier and the wounding of another," said the statement, adding that "the checkpoint's members opened fire at the other two gunmen and killed them."

The army noted that a military expert inspected the car for explosives and that a probe was launched into the incident under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities.
At dawn, the army issued a statement identifying the martyred soldier as Sergeant Samer Youssef Rizk.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team