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Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions in disputed area along border with Syria’s Golan Heights

A general view of the walled northern part of Ghajar village that belongs to Lebanon but has been under Israeli occupation since 2006 is seen from the southern village of Wazzani, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The little village of Ghajar has been a point of contention between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The dispute has begun to heat up again.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (Hassan Ammar, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets and shells on Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Hezbollah said in a statement that the attack using “large numbers of rockets and shells” was in solidarity with the “Palestinian resistance.” It said the Israeli positions were directly hit.

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Israel's military fired back at the Lebanese areas, but there was no immediate word on casualties.

The Israeli army said it shelled the areas where the fire came from on the Lebanese side of the border.

Chebaa Farms was captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war, but Lebanon considers it and the nearby Kfar Chouba hills as Lebanese territories.

The Golan Heights were annexed by Israel in 1981.


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