Hezbollah hits Mirkava tank near Shebaa

A Hezbollah source said that a squad of their guerrillas attacked with rockets an Israeli post in Rouwsat al Alam, directly hitting a Mirkava tank. Lebanese security sources said that one Israeli soldier might have been killed in the attack. They added that they heard loud explosion and saw a cloud of smoke rise from the site of the reported attack. In retaliation, Israeli artillery fired around 30 shells on the KfarChouba-Shebaa area, Lebanese police said.

The 155 mm shells hit the area around the villages of Shebaa and KfarChouba, as well as the woods of Jabal Seddin and the Baarsail pond, in the western sector of southern Lebanon, the police said. The shelling was followed by a helicopter flight over the region next to the Shebaa Farms which is still occupied by Israeli troops since 1967.

(dpa)