Hezbollah Takes Credit For Border Attack On Israeli Soldiers

Hezbollah, which was humbled in the last round of fighting against the Israeli military, have claimed responsibility for a bombing attack on the Lebanese-Israel border which reportedly injured two Israeli soldiers on Tuesday afternoon.

According to an official statement released by the group after the attack, Hezbollah terrorists “detonated an explosive device on the Shebaa hills against a motorized Israeli patrol causing a number of injuries among the occupation’s soldiers.”

Specifically, the “martyr Hassan Ali Haidar unit” carried out the potentially deadly attack and the two IDF soldiers were said to be suffering moderate to light wounds as a result of the explosion.

According to the Israeli army, the bomb was detonated on the Israeli side of the border and the soldiers were purposely targeted there.

A spokeswoman for the IDF said, “Two soldiers were injured by an explosive device. It was activated against them during activity near the Lebanon border. Initial reports indicate it was intended to attack soldiers.”

Following the first unprovoked attack, a second charge was reportedly detonated in the Har Dov farms area on the Lebanese border two hours later, close to the location of the first blast. No one was hurt in the second explosion.

By way of response to the attacks, the Lebanese Al Meyadeen news site reported that the IDF had directed artillery fire to the area of Kfar Shouba and Al-Haraba.

Two medical helicopters were deployed to the bomb site to evacuate the injured soldiers, who are recovering in the hospital.

Hezbollah, a Jihadist terror organization, has recently had its attention and resources diverted to Syria where it is helping to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad against an array of Sunni rebel forces.

Only a few weeks ago, during fighting between Hezbollah and Al Qaeda‘s Nusra Front, eight Hezbollah terrorists were killed.