Israel
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:32 pm | י ג שבט תשפ א
BEIRUT (Reuters) -
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:32 pm | י ג שבט תשפ א
Herds of cattle are pictured in the village of Wazzani, near the Lebanese-Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Monday. (REUTERS/Aziz Taher)
The Israeli military said on Tuesday cows which crossed from Lebanon would be returned, after cattle herders from a Lebanese border village accused Israeli soldiers of taking the animals which have grazed freely near the disputed frontier for decades. The IDF denied the cows had been taken.
The herders from the village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a fence that separates the countries and the ‘Blue Line’ that constitutes the United Nations-designated frontier, taking seven cows.
1/26/2021
(Adds IDF response)
BEIRUT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on
Tuesday cows which crossed from Lebanon would be returned, after
cattle herders from a Lebanese border village accused Israeli
soldiers of taking the animals which have grazed freely near the
disputed frontier for decades.
Lebanon and Israel are in a formal state of war and have
long contested their land and maritime borders.
The herders from the village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols
crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a fence that
separates the countries and the Blue Line that constitutes the
United Nations-designated frontier, taking seven cows.