Israel retaliates after Hezbollah shoots at IDF from Lebanon

Israel is worried that a security incident late Aug. 25 on the border fence with Lebanon means that Hezbollah intends to escalate tensions.
A picture taken from the northern Israeli kibbutz of Manara on August 26, 2020 shows United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrolling along the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese village of Houla. - Israel said it had launched air strikes against Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon after shots were fired from across the border towards its troops the previous evening. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture taken from the northern Israeli kibbutz of Manara on Aug. 26, 2020, shows United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrolling along the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese village of Houla. - JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images
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“Israel takes the shooting at our forces by Hezbollah very seriously. We will not tolerate any aggression against our citizens,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the morning of Aug. 26. He was reacting to developments overnight, of shots fired from Lebanese territory at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops on the Israeli side, near the border fence.

Addressing Hezbollah, Netanyahu said that aggression by the group is endangering the state of Lebanon. “I suggest that Hezbollah not test Israel’s crushing force,” warned Israel’s prime minister.

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