According to military sources, three bombs disguised in containers to look like boulders were discovered at the site. All were detonated in a controlled explosion, which attracted the attention of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as well as the Lebanese army, which arrived at the site.
Sources within the Northern Command said the explosive devices were recently planted to target IDF patrols, evidence that Hizbullah terrorist activity has not ceased, despite the presence of the 12,000-strong international peacekeeping force.
Last month the IDF blew up two underground bunkers along the border within Israeli territory. Both were located some 400 meters east of the IDF’s Biranit outpost, between the border fence and the international border and contained supplies that would enable terrorists to stay underground for a long period of time.
According to Mideast Newsline, the bunkers had been under construction for the past 18 months, despite IDF patrols in the area and the presence of Lebanese army and UNIFIL troops along the border.
Military personnel found shovels, food and equipment in the bunkers, which were connected and had been used as a base for attacks against Israel.
Government officials previously stated that one of the bunkers had been discovered during the war, but did not explain why the army waited seven months before destroying it.
Two weeks earlier, IDF soldiers discovered five cases very close to the site where IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by Hizbullah terrorists in a cross-border attack July 12th.
The cases contained three RPG shoulder-launched missiles, a ten-kilogram MAG machine gun, five bullet casings of LAW (Light Anti-Armor Weapon) missiles, shoes and fence-cutting equipment.
It is believed that the items, which were found during a routine patrol near Moshav Zar’it on the Israel-Lebanese border, were used in the abduction of the two IDF reservists.
Four soldiers were killed in the original abduction attack, and four more were killed in a tank that was blown up by a powerful mine on their way to search for the abducted soldiers.
When news of the kidnapping became known, Israel Air Force planes took to the air, striking bridges and escape routes in southern Lebanon in an effort to prevent Hizbullah from taking their Israeli captives deeper into enemy territory. Thus began the war known as the Second Lebanon War.
IDF officers in the north say that Hizbullah agents - possibly dressed as shepherds or joggers - are once again gathering intelligence against the IDF.
The sources added that UNIFIL has been cooperative in working with the IDF maintain security in the region.
Another 1,000 international troops are expected to join the force by the end of the month. Qatar soldiers recently joined the force, the first soldiers from an Arab country to serve in Lebanon.
Israeli relations with Qatar are very positive, as was seen in a recent state visit by Vice Premier Shimon Peres to the Persian Gulf nation.
The IDF has filed a formal complaint with UNIFIL.
Sources within the Northern Command said the explosive devices were recently planted to target IDF patrols, evidence that Hizbullah terrorist activity has not ceased, despite the presence of the 12,000-strong international peacekeeping force.
Last month the IDF blew up two underground bunkers along the border within Israeli territory. Both were located some 400 meters east of the IDF’s Biranit outpost, between the border fence and the international border and contained supplies that would enable terrorists to stay underground for a long period of time.
According to Mideast Newsline, the bunkers had been under construction for the past 18 months, despite IDF patrols in the area and the presence of Lebanese army and UNIFIL troops along the border.
Military personnel found shovels, food and equipment in the bunkers, which were connected and had been used as a base for attacks against Israel.
Government officials previously stated that one of the bunkers had been discovered during the war, but did not explain why the army waited seven months before destroying it.
Two weeks earlier, IDF soldiers discovered five cases very close to the site where IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by Hizbullah terrorists in a cross-border attack July 12th.
The cases contained three RPG shoulder-launched missiles, a ten-kilogram MAG machine gun, five bullet casings of LAW (Light Anti-Armor Weapon) missiles, shoes and fence-cutting equipment.
It is believed that the items, which were found during a routine patrol near Moshav Zar’it on the Israel-Lebanese border, were used in the abduction of the two IDF reservists.
Four soldiers were killed in the original abduction attack, and four more were killed in a tank that was blown up by a powerful mine on their way to search for the abducted soldiers.
When news of the kidnapping became known, Israel Air Force planes took to the air, striking bridges and escape routes in southern Lebanon in an effort to prevent Hizbullah from taking their Israeli captives deeper into enemy territory. Thus began the war known as the Second Lebanon War.
IDF officers in the north say that Hizbullah agents - possibly dressed as shepherds or joggers - are once again gathering intelligence against the IDF.
The sources added that UNIFIL has been cooperative in working with the IDF maintain security in the region.
Another 1,000 international troops are expected to join the force by the end of the month. Qatar soldiers recently joined the force, the first soldiers from an Arab country to serve in Lebanon.
Israeli relations with Qatar are very positive, as was seen in a recent state visit by Vice Premier Shimon Peres to the Persian Gulf nation.
The IDF has filed a formal complaint with UNIFIL.