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Israel shells Lebanon after border blast: security

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Israeli armed forces shelled Lebanon on Friday after an explosion on their shared border, Lebanese security forces said.

In Jerusalem, the army confirmed that report, saying that it had acted after a border patrol was attacked with explosives.

The Lebanese source said "10 Israeli rockets hit an uninhabited border area and that there were no casualties".

The Israeli army said: "In response to the explosive device activated against IDF (Israeli army) soldiers, the IDF fired towards a Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon. A hit was confirmed."

Earlier, army radio said Israeli "artillery fired at southern Lebanon in retaliation for the explosion of a concealed device targeting a patrol".

"The device exploded near soldiers on the border in the Har Dov area," the statement added, using Israel's term for the disputed Shebaa Farms.

Israeli armed forces shelled Lebanon on Friday after an explosion on their shared border, Lebanese security forces said.

In Jerusalem, the army confirmed that report, saying that it had acted after a border patrol was attacked with explosives.

The Lebanese source said “10 Israeli rockets hit an uninhabited border area and that there were no casualties”.

The Israeli army said: “In response to the explosive device activated against IDF (Israeli army) soldiers, the IDF fired towards a Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon. A hit was confirmed.”

Earlier, army radio said Israeli “artillery fired at southern Lebanon in retaliation for the explosion of a concealed device targeting a patrol”.

“The device exploded near soldiers on the border in the Har Dov area,” the statement added, using Israel’s term for the disputed Shebaa Farms.

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