- Title: MIDEAST-ISRAEL/LEBANON-TENSION Israel on high alert after Hezbollah strike
- Date: 29th January 2015
- Summary: NEAR LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL (JANUARY 29, 2015) (REUTERS) DRIVERS BEING STOPPED AND CHECKED AT POLICE ROADBLOCK POLICEMAN ONLOOKING VIEW OF ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER AREA CLOSE OF SIGN READING 'DANGER MINES' 5, ROAD SIGN VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIER COMING OUT TANK TROOPS WATCHING ROAD VARIOUS OF SOLDIER WORKING ON MILITARY VEHICLE
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Israeli forces remained on high alert on Thursday (January 29), a day after two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed in an exchange of fire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Jewish state, one of the most violent clashes between the two sides since a 2006 war.
Troops deployed near the border area and set up roadblocks.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israel had received a message from a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon that Hezbollah was not interested in further escalation.
But, he also said he could not confirm the events were over and that the army would remain on high alert until the area calms down.
In Beirut, Hezbollah officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Israeli soldiers were killed when Hezbollah fired five missiles at a convoy of Israeli military vehicles. The attack appeared to be in retaliation for an Israeli air strike in southern Syria on January 18 that killed several Hezbollah members and an Iranian general.
The peacekeeper in southern Lebanon was killed as Israel responded with air strikes and artillery fire, a U.N. spokesman and Spanish officials said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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