2020 Israel–Hezbollah skirmishes

On 27 July 2020, explosions and exchange of fire were heard during a "security incident" at the border between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Lebanon.[1]

2020 Israel–Hezbollah clashes
Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Date27 July 2020
Location
Blue Line (Shebaa farms)
Status Unknown
Belligerents
Israel Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu Hassan Nasrallah
Units involved

Israel Defense Forces

Unknown
Strength
Soldiers at the border Four fighters
Casualties and losses
None None

Incident

The incident involved Israeli soldiers and four Hezbollah fighters who allegedly crossed the border, and came days after a Hezbollah member was killed by Israeli airstrikes in Syria and an Israeli drone crashed in Lebanon.[2] The Israel Defense Forces said that there were no Israeli casualties and that the four Hezbollah fighters fled back to Lebanon after being shot at. However, Hezbollah denied that their forces attacked the Israeli army, and said that their fighters had not crossed the border in a released statement. The group said that Israel opened fire first. Two dozen explosions were heard in Lebanon; an Israeli shell smashed in a civilian home, narrowly missing a family in the house at the time, but nobody was hurt.[3][1][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Netanyahu warns Hezbollah against playing with fire after frontier incident". 27 July 2020 – via Reuters.
  2. "Israeli army says one of its drones crashed inside Lebanon". 26 July 2020.
  3. "Lebanon's Hezbollah denies infiltration attempt or clashes near Lebanese frontier". 27 July 2020 – via Reuters.
  4. "i24NEWS". i24 News.
  5. Azhari, Timour. "Lebanon's Hezbollah accuses Israel of fabricating border clash". Al Jazeera English.


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