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.
Reuters
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.