Lebanese army fires smoke grenades at IOF in Shebaa Farms

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
23 Sep 2023 15:28
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This initiative by the Lebanese army comes in swift retaliation to offensive actions taken by the IOF after a Lebanese bulldozer was clearing debris in Bsattera Farm.

Smoke grenades fired by the Lebanese army, Bsattera Farm, on September 23, 2023 (Ali Shoeib/ social media)

In a recent development, the Lebanese army has fired smoke grenades at Israeli occupation forces in the Shebaa Farms region after the latter fired smoke and stun grenades, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported.

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مزرعة #بسطرة ||
الجيش اللبناني يرد بإلقاء قنابل دخانية على جنود العدو الذين اعتدوا سابقا برمي قنابل صوتية و دخانية على قوة من الجيش ما أدى إلى فرار جنود العدو الذي ردوا لاحقا بمزيد من القنابل الدخانية pic.twitter.com/Ug9Cer9Ieu
— علي شعيب || Ali Shoeib 🇱🇧 (@alishoeib1970) September 23, 2023

The IOF targeted a Lebanese army unit accompanying a Lebanese bulldozer removing debris ditched by Israeli bulldozers in the liberated lands of Bsattera Farm, located within the Shebaa Farms area.

قوات صهيونية معادية تلقي قنابل دخانية و صوتية على قوة من الجيش اللبناني كانت ترافق جرافة لبنانية تعمل على إزالة ردميات رمتها جرافات العدو في الأراضي المحررة من مزرعة #بسطرة إحدى مزارع شبعا أثناء عمليات تجريف قامت بها قبل يومين . pic.twitter.com/fO2vBfb853
— علي شعيب || Ali Shoeib 🇱🇧 (@alishoeib1970) September 23, 2023

The situation quickly escalated as Israeli Merkava tanks were mobilized in the Bsattera Farm area in response to the movement of the Lebanese bulldozer.

دبابات ميركافا تشارك استنفار العدو في مزرعة #بسطرة مقابل تحرك جرافة لبنانية كانت تزيل خرقا للأراضي المحررة في مزارع شبعا . pic.twitter.com/PgpoapWSc2
— علي شعيب || Ali Shoeib 🇱🇧 (@alishoeib1970) September 23, 2023

Earlier this year, Israeli Professor Eyal Zisser from "Tel Aviv" University said "Lebanon has become the safest place in the Middle East" for Resistance leaders, "due to the deterrence imposed by Hezbollah."

Zisser's remarks came during an interview for the Israeli Channel 13 regarding the meeting that took place between the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, and Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Saleh al-Arouri.

The Channel 13 interviewer considered that the meeting between the three sides aims to tell "Israel": "Be aware, there is daily coordination and we are proud of it."

The Israeli professor also suggested that the message that the leaders wanted to convey was that "the Axis of Resistance is strong and united," adding that "this is certainly an important message."

He explained that coordination between these leaders means that when an operation takes place in Al-Aqsa Mosque, al-Quds, or the West Bank, the matter may slide into Gaza and perhaps into Lebanon and vice versa.