BEIRUT: Israeli troops resumed Thursday search for tunnels that Hezbollah may have dug, a day after a Hezbollah revenge border attack killed two Israeli soldiers, the Jerusalem Post said.
It said the Israeli military began drilling again Thursday in search for possible tunnels near the northern community of Zirit, which is situated close to the Lebanese border. They started the drilling on Wednesday morning but subsequently stopped due to the attack.
The Post quoted military sources as saying that the search was being carried out in response to a request by local residents to rule out the possibility of the presence of Hezbollah attacks in the area.
According to the Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson's office, the military has increased the number of troops along the border Thursday.
The report said Israeli residents were told to return to routine, with analysts persisting that neither Israel nor Hezbollah is interested in a full-scale escalation.
It said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid the blame on Iran for Wednesday’s attack.
“For some time, Iran – via Hezbollah – has been trying to establish an additional terrorist front against us from the Golan Heights,” Netanyahu said. “We are taking strong and responsible action against this attempt.”
He said the governments of Lebanon and Syria also bear responsibility for attacks against Israel that came from their territory and vowed “those behind [Wednesday’s] attack will pay the full price.”
Hezbollah carried out an attack Wednesday in revenge for the killing of six party members in an Israeli airstrike in Qunaitra in Syria’s Golan Heights Jan. 18.
The attack with a missile salvo killed at least two Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms in south Lebanon.
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