Israel fires back into Lebanon after Hezbollah bomb wounds soldiers
Two soldiers wounded after roadside device detonated near Lebanon ceasefire line
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded yesterday when a roadside bomb detonated near the Lebanese ceasefire line in an attack claimed by the Shiite Hezbollah movement.
It was the first Hezbollah attack on Israeli forces since March when another explosive device targeted troops but caused no casualties.
The incident took place in the Shebaa Farms, a flashpoint area on the Israeli-held sector of the Golan Heights which lies close to the junction of the Syria-Lebanon border.
Israel denounced the blast as a "blatant breach" of its sovereignty, and troops responded with artillery fire against two Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.
"We have proved that we respond forcefully to every attempt to harm us, be it in the north, south or any other sector," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting.
The attack took place 48 hours after Israeli troops fired on a group of people seen crossing the line from Lebanon into the Israeli-held sector. One Lebanese soldier was lightly wounded in the incident.