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| Lebanon blasts on Israel border were 'Hezbollah trap' |
| 2013-08-09 |
| [Al Ahram] Two blasts that maimed four Israeli soldiers on the border with Leb were in fact an "ambush" set by Hezbollah, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported on Thursday. The kabooms hit the patrol on Wednesday when the troops ventured 400 metres (yards) into south Leb, parts of which are controlled by the powerful Shiite movement. "The enemy blundered when they violated the border with Leb, and fell into a trap that only the resistance could set," said the newspaper, which has links to Hezbollah. "Only Hezbollah can make bombs that blow up Israelis" when they pass by, it said. Hezbollah, which has close ties to Iran and the regime in Syria, is considered Israel's arch-foe, and the two fought a brief but bloody summer war in 2006. "The Israeli unit fell into a well-set ambush and the enemy found itself faced with a difficult question: 'How did Hezbollah know we were there?'" the daily wrote. "The ambush is a dangerous failure for the enemy because it shows that Hezbollah has an intelligence structure that allows it to know when a patrol arrives, its route and to set a trap for it," it added. "That means the resistance is prepared for every eventuality, in case of confrontation on a wider scale or in case of a general conflict." The Lebanese army said four Israeli soldiers were maimed by kabooms 400 metres inside Lebanese territory. Israel's military confirmed the toll without specifying what side of the border the soldiers were on as they were "carrying out nocturnal activities in the Lebanese border area when the kaboom occurred". |
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