BEIRUT: Hezbollah on Monday (Mar 9) mentioned it was partaking Israeli forces who landed in japanese Lebanon by helicopter throughout the Syrian border, amid the new war between the Iran-backed militant group and Israel.
In a press release, the Lebanese group mentioned it detected “the infiltration of roughly 15 Israeli enemy helicopters” from the Syrian facet of the border in japanese Lebanon, an space the place Hezbollah holds sway.
The group mentioned its fighters “engaged the helicopters and the infiltrating power with applicable weapons, and the confrontation” was ongoing.
Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company earlier reported “fierce clashes… in direction of the outskirts of the city of Nabi Sheet to repel Israeli forces that carried out a touchdown by helicopters” within the space.
An Israeli helicopter within the space was hit by the group, two Hezbollah officers within the japanese Bekaa area – the place Nabi Sheet is positioned – informed AFP on situation of anonymity.
In a single day on Friday, a failed Israeli commando operation in Nabi Sheet and its surrounding areas to seek out the stays of Ron Arad, an airman lacking since 1986, killed 41 individuals.
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