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Israel-Lebanon borderDavid Cohen/Flash90

During a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Council last week, it was revealed that a Hezbollah force invaded sovereign Israeli territory near Mount Dov, and set up an armed military outpost there, Kan Reshet Bet reported Wednesday.

The matter was revealed by several MKs during a Committee meeting held last week. During the meeting, MKs diverted the attention of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to an unusual and serious matter which took place on Israel's northern border.

According to what was said during the discussion, in the past few weeks, a force crossed the "blue line" at Mount Dov and set up two tents in Israeli territory. The outpost was manned by Hezbollah, by means of several (between three and eight) armed men who remained at the site facing IDF soldiers within the State of Israel's sovereign territory.

According to the IDF, Hezbollah's new outposts do not present a security threat, and so they prefer to act in the political-diplomatic sphere. The IDF is investigating how the matter was handled, and why the outposts were not immediately evacuated after they were set up beyond the "blue line."

MK Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) responded, "A weak, scared government which displays its flaccidity daily. The invasion of Hezbollah into the sovereign territory of the State of Israel and the lack of a response by the IDF reflect the true abilities of the true 'right-wing' government. A government which abandons the security of citizens on a daily basis is not worthy of continuing to serve."