January 27, 2021
published at 3:25 AMReuters
A shepherd herds cows in the village of Wazzani, near the Lebanese-Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Jan 25, 2021.
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BEIRUT - The Israeli military said on Tuesday (Jan 26) 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 (Jan 24) between a fence that separates the countries and the ‘Blue Line’ that constitutes the United Nations-designated frontier, taking seven cows.
Jan. 26, 2021
Lebanese cattle herders from a village close to the border with Israel said several of their cows, which have grazed freely in the area for decades, were taken by Israeli soldiers, in what could become a new dispute between the two countries.
The herders from the border village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a technical fence that separates the two countries and the Blue Line that constitutes the internationally recognised border, and started rounding up livestock, taking seven cows.
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BEIRUT Lebanese cattle herders from a village close to the border with Israel said several of their cows, which have grazed freely in the area for decades, were taken by Israeli soldiers, in what could become a new dispute between the two countries.
The herders from the border village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a technical fence that separates the two countries and the ‘Blue Line’ that constitutes the internationally recognized border, and started rounding up livestock, taking seven cows.
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Beirut: Lebanese cattle herders from a village close to the border with Israel said several of their cows, which have grazed freely in the area for decades, were taken by Israeli soldiers, in what could become a new dispute between the two countries.
The herders from the border village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a technical fence that separates the two countries and the ‘Blue Line’ that constitutes the internationally recognised border, and started rounding up livestock, taking seven cows.
Lebanon and Israel are still in a formal state of war and have long contested their land and maritime borders.
Lebanese herders, Israeli military row over cows grazing near border By Jessie Pang, Alun John and Sumeet Chatterjee
A shepherd herds cows in the village of Wazzani, near the Lebanese-Israeli border
BEIRUT (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.