Hezbollah says will respond to Israeli strike
Hezbollah
will respond to an Israeli air strike on Monday night that hit one of
its bases on the border with Syria, the Lebanese militant group said on
Wednesday. "The new aggression is a blatant assault on Lebanon and its
sovereignty and its territory...The Resistance (Hezbollah) will choose
the time and place and the proper way to respond to it," Hezbollah said
in a statement. The strike, which Israel has not confirmed, hit the
Lebanese-Syrian border near the Bekaa Valley village of Janta, Hezbollah
said. Lebanese security sources have said they believed that any attack
took place on Syrian soil, but Hezbollah's reference to Lebanese
sovereignty suggested it took place on the Lebanese side of the
ill-defined frontier.
Hezbollah says will respond to Israeli strike
February 26, 2014 5:20 AM
"The new aggression is a blatant assault on Lebanon and its sovereignty and its territory...The Resistance (Hezbollah) will choose the time and place and the proper way to respond to it," Hezbollah said in a statement.
The strike, which Israel has not confirmed, hit the Lebanese-Syrian border near the Bekaa Valley village of Janta, Hezbollah said. It denied reports that the strike targeted artillery or rocket bases and said there were no casualties.
Lebanese security sources have said they believed that any attack took place on Syrian soil, but Hezbollah's reference to Lebanese sovereignty suggested it took place on the Lebanese side of the ill-defined frontier.
Israeli
planes have struck areas on the Syrian side of the border several times
in the last two years but, if confirmed, an air strike on Lebanese soil
would be the first since the Syrian revolt began in 2011.
Security
sources say the targets of Israeli strikes in Syria may have been
trucks of weapons destined for Hezbollah. The eastern Lebanon-Syrian
border area is frequently used by smugglers.
(Reporting by Oliver Holmes and Laila Bassam; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Reuters
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