Israeli Activity in Shebaa Following Report Hizbullah Equipped Shelters with Missiles
Israeli troops were allegedly combing the surroundings of their positions in the occupied-Shebaa Farms amid helicopter overflights following reports that Hizbullah has equipped tunnel infrastructure in south Lebanon with missiles to be fired into Israel.
No further information was given regarding the Israeli activity in the Shebaa Farms area.
The report about Hizbullah acitivity in the south, however, was carried by the Israeli daily Haaretz.
It said that the bomb shelter of at least one house in each of the southern villages was equipped to store weapons and Hizbullah fighters to face up to long periods of isolation.
Haaretz said these shelters would be used as bases to fire rockets into Israel and to carry out ambush attacks against Israeli soldiers in case they reached these villages.
The shelters, according to the report, can accommodate up to 15 fighters.
It said among south Lebanon”s 150 villages was at least one house of this sort.