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Tensions in north rise amid Syrian rocket fire, infiltration attempt from Lebanon

Syria-based Palestinian group claims rocket fire as Hezbollah rushes to deny any involvement. IDF troop engage terror cell that breached border near Metula, says evidence found at the scene pointed to plan to carry out an attack in a border-adjacent community.

by  Lilach Shoval , Adi Hashmonai and News Agencies
Published on  05-15-2021 19:16
Last modified: 05-22-2022 08:34
Tensions in north rise amid Syrian rocket fire, infiltration attempt from LebanonReuters via SANA

A rocket flying over the Syrian-Israeli border, Feb. 24, 2020 | File photo: Reuters via SANA

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The Israeli military prevented an attempted infiltration along the Israel-Lebanon border in the late hours of Friday night.

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According to available details, military lookouts identified several suspects cutting the border fence and digging beneath it. Troops deployed to the area opened fire at the suspects, who fled back to Lebanese territory.

The IDF said that a search of the area revealed items suspected as explosives. A military official later said that the evidence at the scene pointed to a plot to infiltrate into Israel and carry out an attack in the Metula area.

According to media reports, three suspects breached the fence and crossed into Israel. They were then joined by four others and started a fire in Israeli territory, presumably as a distraction.

Security forces engaged and opened fire. At least one suspect was shot in the leg before he and the others fled back to Lebanon.

BREAKING: A short while ago, IDF tanks fired warning shots toward a number of rioters who crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory.

The suspects sabotaged the fence and set a fire in the area before returning to Lebanese territory.

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 14, 2021

The residents of the Metula area were ordered to stay indoors while the incident was taking place.

Earlier on Friday evening, three rockets fired from the Syrian Golan landed in the sea off the coast of northern Israel.

The IDF stressed that its radar system identified that the projectiles were headed toward an unpopulated area so no sirens were triggered not was there a need to engage air defenses.

An official with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group, was quick to tell Lebanese media that these were not Hezbollah rockets.

Al-Jazeera TV cited a Lebanese security services spokesman as saying that the rockets were fired from a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon.

"The source of the rockets fired at Israel is unclear, and the investigation continues. The rockets that were fired towards northern Israel came from the vicinity of the Rashidiya, in Tyre," the Qatari outlet reported.

Later on Friday, a little-known Syrian-based Palestinian group by the name of "Tahir Brigades" claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.

Lebanese media said President Michel Aoun ordered Beirut's Foreign Ministry to notify the UN of the incident, while Prime Minister Saad Hariri said the incident was a violation of the 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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