Israel on Saturday accused the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah of "provocative" activity along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier and said it would complain to the UN Security Council.
In a statement, Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Hezbollah of multiple attempts to breach the border in three areas Friday night: Metula, Avivim and Yiftah.
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He said Israel "thoroughly condemns" the incident and expects the Lebanese government to prevent such threats.
On Friday night, the IDF fired flares along the volatile frontier after signs of a possible border breach. It said it later found damage to its security fence, just inside Israeli territory, in three locations.
"Damaging the security fence is a severe event. The IDF holds the Lebanese government responsible for actions emanating from its territory," the army said in a statement.
We found 3 locations where our security fence along the Blue Line with #Lebanon was damaged tonight. We can confirm that no infiltration from Lebanon into Israel occurred.
This is a severe event. We hold the Lebanese government responsible for actions from its territory. pic.twitter.com/kC0GZiReE1
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 17, 2020
There was no immediate comment from the Iranian-backed terrorist organization. But in recent days, both Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have accused Israel of violating Lebanese airspace.
Earlier this week, Hezbollah said an Israeli drone destroyed one of its vehicles in neighboring Syria in an alleged assassination attempt against two of its members, and Lebanon has reported Israeli drones flying over the capital Beirut.
