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1st LD: Hezbollah claims responsibility for attacking Israeli patrol

Xinhua, January 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant party, claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted an Israeli army patrol in the occupied Shebaa Farms on Wednesday.

According to a statement by the media department of the party, Hezbollah said "at 11:35 this morning, the Qoneitra martyrs squad of the Islamic Resistance targeted an Israeli army convoy composed of a number of vehicles and a number of Zionist officers and soldiers, with the appropriate missiles, which led to the destruction of many vehicles and the injury of many enemy soldiers."

According to local television station MTV, six Israeli soldiers were injured during the attack and the Israeli army responded by shelling intensively the eastern sector of south Lebanon with at least 200 mortar shells.

The MTV added that the Israeli air force is currently overflying the region and executing mock raids over the region. Endit