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Conflict Incident Report

Israel returns Ethiopian trying to cross into occupied Shebaa Farms

Date of incident: 
March 1, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

BEIRUT: Israeli soldiers detained an Ethiopean domestic workers as she attempted to cross the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line into the Occupied Shebaa Farms, state media reported.

The National News Agency reported that Ethiopian Ervi S. M. was arrested by Lebanese Army soldiers after she was handed over across the border.

Circumstances surrounding her attempted crossing are currently unknown, but the Lebanese military will interrogate her on the matter and launch an investigation.

Primary category: 
Land Violation/Land Borders Crossing
Secondary Category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.