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| September 30, 2013
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Lebanon Encroaches Into Israel’s Natural Gas Fields

The Lebanese gov’t is about to award offshore drilling licenses in areas that violates Israel’s exclusive economic zone.

By Gil Ronen

 

Lebanon is homing in on Israel’s territorial waters, according to a report in Globes.

Official Israeli sources told the newspaper that Lebanon is about to award offshore oil and gas exploration licenses in areas that encroach on Israel’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Israel’s “Tamar” oil rig – Reuters

Lebanon published tenders for offshore oil and gas exploration licenses in early September, in five blocks in its EEZ.

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| August 7, 2013
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Lebanon: IDF Soldiers Wounded in Lebanon, Return to Israel

IDF Reports: 4 Israeli soldiers suffer light to moderate injuries in an explosion.

Lebanese Army Reports: Israeli soldiers  were 400 meters inside Lebanon when wounded.

By Gil Ronen

 

Four IDF soldiers suffered light to moderate injuries Tuesday night, when an explosion occurred near the northern border, the IDF Spokesman’s Unit said Wednesday morning.

IDF tanks in the Golan Heights - Photo Courtesy IDF Spokesperson's Office

IDF tanks in the Golan Heights – Photo Courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

 

The four soldiers wounded were located 400 meters inside Lebanese territory when the blast occurred, Lebanon’s army said on Wednesday.

“An infantry patrol of the Israeli enemy penetrated 400 meters inside Lebanon in the Labouneh area at 00:24 local time,” the army said in a statement. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2013
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Lebanese Minister: Israel very capable of stealing our gas

Lebanese energy minister calls for urgent parliamentary session and urged the gov’t to take every step necessary to mark Lebanon’s maritime border with Cyprus & Israel.

By Doron Peskin

 

 

 

Lebanese Energy Minister Gebran Bassil called for an urgent parliamentary session over the weekend to discuss the Israeli “threat” on his country’s natural gas reserves.

Karish 1

Bassil was referring to reports in Israel about the discovery of the Karish (“Shark”) gas field off the shores of the northern city of Nahariya.

The minister presented reporters with a map and stated that Israel could “theoretically” place a gas pipe and pull the gas “located 4 kilometers (2.5 miles)” from Lebanon‘s natural gas wells, thanks to its advanced technological abilities. Continue Reading »

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| May 8, 2013
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UN complains over Israel’s violation of Lebanese airspace

UNIFIL sent official complaint to Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanon’s air space by IAF.

By REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS – The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has protested to Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by Israel, which carried out raids in Syria to target what it said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants.

IAF plane takes part in maneuvers [file]

IAF plane takes part in maneuvers – Photo courtesy IDF spokesperson

Intelligence sources said Israel on Friday and Sunday attacked Iranian-supplied missiles stored near the Syrian capital of Damascus, awaiting transport to Hezbollah, an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad.”UNIFIL

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| May 3, 2013
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Lebanon reports IAF warplanes buzz Beirut

Lebanese news site reports

Israeli reconnaissance jets in violation of airspace & that

the warplanes have become regular, but the last 2 days’ air traffic ‘unusually high’

By Roi Kais

Two Israeli warplanes penetrated Friday morning into Lebanese airspace and soared for about three hours above the capital Beirut, according to a report by the Lebanese military.

File photo of IAF planes - Photo EPA

File photo of IAF planes – Photo EPA

Earlier in the day Lebanese news site El-Nashra reported IAF aircraft were hovering in the country’s aerial space near the southern towns of Bint Jbeil and Marjayoun and were apparently carrying out simulated attacks. A military source quoted by the site said, “These are simulated attacks the likes of which we have not seen.” Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2013
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Lebanese soldiers catches Israeli sneaking crossed border

Lebanese newspaper reports Israeli citizen caught jumping border fence and is now being interrogated by there security forces.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

The Lebanese army apprehended intoIsraeli citizen who crossed the border from Israel into Lebanon on Wednesday, the Lebanese Daily Star quoted security sources as saying.

Lebanese soldier peers at Israel along border

Lebanese soldier peers at Israel along border – Photo: Ali Hashisho/Reuters

According to the report, the 34-year-old man jumped over the border fence between the countries south of the city of Nakoura, where the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is located.

Lebanese authorities were interrogating the man, the report added. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2013
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Report: Hezbollah replaces Lebanese Armed Forces on Lebanon-Israel border

UNIFIL personnel say the Lebanese Army  is gradually withdrawing from Israel border area, leaving it in Hezbollah control.

By Ynet

As tensions build up in the north, Hezbollah continues to tighten its grip on southern Lebanon while the Lebanese Armed Forces gradually withdraw their troops from the border area. Meanwhile, UNIFIL is reporting heightened standoffs with Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Daily Star reported Wednesday.

UNIFIL in southern Lebanon - Photo Reuters

UNIFIL in southern Lebanon – Photo: Reuters

UNIFIL patrols are finding paths blocked and former temporary observation points suddenly out of bounds in what is being interpreted as Hezbollah seeking to flex its muscles on the ground at a time of heightened regional uncertainty and aggressive postures by Israel, the paper reported. Continue Reading »

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| January 26, 2013
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Hezbollah Reports: Another Israeli Spy arrested

Gov’t security sources tell Al Akhbar newspaper that a Lebanese citizen admitted to cooperating with Israeli intelligence for more than a decade; in the past man’s Bulgarian wife claimed of his absence, ‘he had been kidnapped’

By Roi Kais

 

After Hezbollah announced the capture of the “highest paid” spy for Israel, Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported Saturday that intelligence personnel arrested a citizen suspected of cooperating with Israeli intelligence.

Hezbollah gunman in Lebanon – Photo: AFP

The newspaper, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, quoted sources as saying the detainee, who in the past has lived in a southern suburb of Beirut, admitted he had cooperated with Israel for more than a decade and worked for the Israelis in Lebanon and Europe. Continue Reading »

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| January 2, 2013
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Israeli peppers put Lebanese Army on High Alert

Shocked customer picks up a pack of peppers with ‘Israel’ printed on the sales tag, calls police.

Police refer the peppers to the Lebanese Army, who launched an investigation into the forbidden fruit’s unlawful infiltration into Lebanon.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

A supermarket in the Lebanese city of Sidon had a ‘hot potato’ on its hands Tuesday when a shopper discovered Israeli bell peppers in the produce aisle, Lebanese media reported.

Clear and present pepper! – Photo: Yossi Zeliger

The shopper called the police, who immediately contacted the army. When members of Lebanese military intelligence arrived at the Spinney’s supermarket, one of Lebanon’s largest chains, their search bore fruit.

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| November 27, 2012
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Lebanon’s MPs: Nasrallah risking Lebanon’s safety & stability

Senior lawmakers in Beirut criticize Hezbollah leader’s recent threats to attack Israel, saying his remarks “do not serve stability and dialog.”

 

Days after Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened to rain thousands of rockets on Israel “from the Lebanese border to Jordan to the Red Sea, from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat,” Lebanese lawmakers warned on Tuesday that the terror group chief’s remarks pose a threat to Lebanon’s stability.

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters - Photo: REUTERS

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters from his hiding place via camera – Photo: REUTERS

MP Dory Chamoun, the leader of Lebanon’s center-right, mainly Christian National Liberal Party, told Lebanese daily Al-Joumhouria that by threatening to attack Israel in a speech in Beirut on Sunday, Nasrallah had “gone beyond all the norms and conventions that recognize the existence of an independent country called Lebanon, with a standing army and a multi-faceted population”.

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| November 19, 2012
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Lebanon Army defuses Grads found & aimed at Israel – Syrian gunfire on Israel border

Lebanese security forces discovered rockets positioned just four km from border, set to fire as act of solidarity with Gazans

By Roi Kais & Yoav Zitun

 

Lebanese security forces on Monday discovered two Grad rockets that were aimed at Israel in the southern region of Mazraat Halta, the official Daily Star news agency reported.

Photo: Avihu Shapira

A source told the agency that the rockets, which were found just four kilometers from the Israeli border, were defused by security forces. He said the rockets could reach seven kilometers into Israel if launched in full power.

Security sources hinted that those who placed the rockets may have been planning to launch them toward Israel as an act of solidarity with the residents of Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2012
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Hezbollah utilizes advanced video surveillance along border with Israel

Cameras placed on tree trunks & branches provide live video coverage 24/7  to a Hezbollah command center in one of its nearby Shiite villages.

Senior IDF officer: Israel to greatly reduce use of cluster bombs in any future war with Hezbollah.

By Daniel Siryoti, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Hezbollah’s intelligence unit has recently completed deploying an array of advanced surveillance cameras along the Israel-Lebanon border, the Lebanese daily Almustaqbal reported on Wednesday.

IDF soldiers at the Lebanese-Israeli border. – Photo: Reuters

The cameras, which were placed on tree trunks and branches, provide live video coverage 24 hours a day to an operations center in one of the nearby Shiite villages in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.

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