- Title: Israeli shellfire hits southern Lebanon - military
- Date: 1st September 2019
- Summary: MAROUN AL-RAS, SOUTHERN LEBANON, NEAR THE BORDER WITH ISRAEL (SEPTEMBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING IN AREA AROUND MAROUN AL-RAS VILLAGE, AFTER ISRAEL FIRES SHELLS ACROSS BORDER FLAMES BURNING IN FIELD VARIOUS OF SMOKE AND FLAMES IN AREA AROUND MAROUN AL-RAS VILLAGE, AFTER ISRAEL FIRES SHELLS ACROSS BORDER BUILDINGS IN DISTANCE FIELDS
- Embargoed: 15th September 2019 17:05
- Keywords: Israel Lebanon shelling Maroun al-Ras border village Hezbollah
- Location: MAROUN AL-RAS, LEBANON
- City: MAROUN AL-RAS, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUTTWSN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING
Israel's military fired into southern Lebanon on Sunday (September 1) in response to anti-tank missiles from Lebanon targeting an army base and vehicles earlier in the day.
Reuters footage showed smoke and flames in the fields around Lebanon's Maroun al-Ras village, after shells were fired across the border from Israel.
Earlier on Sunday, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said its fighters destroyed an Israeli military vehicle, killing or wounding those inside. There was no immediate word from the Israeli military on any casualties.
The eruption of fighting with Hezbollah along the Lebanon border on Sunday appeared to be over, Israel's military said.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri called the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and France's top diplomat, Emmanuel Bonne, on Sunday as Hezbollah and Israeli exchanged fire.
Hariri's office said he made the calls "asking the United States and France to intervene in the face of developments at the southern border."
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