The Israeli military on Friday launched a Lebanese shepherd it had detained this week in a border space between the 2 nations, the UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon stated.
“Today, the Israel Defence Forces released a Lebanese shepherd to UNIFIL at the Ras Naqoura (border) crossing,” the mission stated in an announcement.
“UNIFIL in turn handed him over to the Lebanese authorities through the International Committee of the Red Cross,” it added.
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The Israeli military introduced the shepherd’s launch in a put up on Twitter.
It stated he had been detained on Tuesday as a result of he had “intentionally crossed the border from Lebanese territory to Israel”.
UNIFIL stated it had launched an investigation to ascertain the circumstances of the incident, “including the exact location where the shepherd was apprehended”.
The Lebanese military had recognized the shepherd as Hassan Qasem Zahra and stated he was guarding livestock when he was “kidnapped” within the Kfarchouba space of south Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities referred to as for the shepherd’s launch in a grievance to the UN Security Council on Wednesday in opposition to repeated Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty.
Israeli army plane have routinely entered Lebanese airspace in current days, generally flying at low altitude.
Israel and Lebanon are nonetheless technically at conflict and the border area is the positioning of sporadic incidents, together with arrests in disputed areas.
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Last Update: Friday, 15 January 2021 KSA 16:52 – GMT 13:52
