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Dozens of Lebanese cross Israeli border during protest
[IsraelTimes] Demonstrators pass international line, though not fence, before being dispersed by IDF troops with smoke grenades, tear gas.Dozens of Lebanese citizens demonstrated on the Israeli border Saturday, and were dispersed by Israeli troops. Some of the demonstrators crossed the international border line with Israel, though not the security fence which lies inside Israeli territory. The demonstration took place across from Kibbutz Manara. IDF troops fired smoke grenades and tear gas towards the protesters and the crowds dispersed. Walla News reported that the demonstration came in response to Hezbollah claims that Israeli troops had crossed the border in the area and installed spying equipment. Israel and Hezbollah fought a punishing war in 2006, but have maintained a tense calm watched over by UN peacekeepers on the border since then, punctuated by several deadly cross-border incidents. Israeli officials have raised alarms in recent years that Hezbollah may be bolstering its positions in southern Leb and in the Syrian Golan Heights, and a court recently ordered the ammonia tank in the city of Haifa to be shut amid fears a missile strike on the facility could cause mass casualties. Lebanese President  Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... , who draws support from Hezbollah, recently called for the terror group to remain armed to "resist Israel," despite a UN resolution forbidding militias in Leb. On Sunday, an Arabic newspaper reported that Nasrallah’s threats last week came after Israel passed a message to Hezbollah warning it of a forceful response to any attack from Leb or Syria, where Hezbollah has been helping prop up Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... ’s regime by fighting against rebel groups seeking to oust him. The message was passed along to the Leb terror group via an unnamed Arab emissary, according to a report in the Arabic-language London-based al-Hayat newspaper. It was not clear exactly when Israel sent the message or what prompted it.
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