Conflict Incident Report

IED targeted an Israeli patrol in Shebaa Farms

Date of incident:

January 4, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Hezbollah

On 04 Jan 16, at 1510hrs, an IED targeted an Israeli patrol in Shebaa Farms. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack stating that the Martyr Leader Samir al-Quntar Unit blew up a large bomb against an Israeli armored patrol in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, destroying a Humvee vehicle and inflicting casualties on those inside it adding that one of the targeted vehicles was carrying a senior Israeli officer. The statement indicated that the operation is in response to the assassination of Hizbullah top operative Samir al-Quntar, who was killed in an airstrike in Syria. http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/198587-hizbullah-claims-destroying-is...

Primary category:

Land Violation/Land Borders Crossing

Secondary Category:

Explosion

Classification of conflict (primary):

Border conflicts (Syrian border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Border conflicts (Israeli border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts instigated by Israeli intrusions on Lebanese national territories, airspace, and territorial waters. While there currently is no Israeli military occupation on Lebanese soil, these events are classified as violations of Lebanese sovereignty and are indicative of the continuous tensions between Lebanon and Israel.

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IED targeted an Israeli patrol in Shebaa Farms