The group was identified in the Western Galilee area near the northern border • The IDF reported that the security incident was under surveillance • Yesterday an attempted attack by a Hezbollah squad was thwarted

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Preliminary report: The IDF said this evening that a short time ago, a number of suspects were identified in the Western Galilee area near the border fence with Lebanon. The incident is under surveillance by IDF forces. Details under investigation. 

Yesterday, a security incident took place in the Har Dov area. A squad of Hezbollah terrorists infiltrated the border and fled after an IDF shooting. Later, the IDF fired a mask. 

The defense establishment today formed an estimate that Hezbollah will try to carry out the response before the Feast of Sacrifice, which will take place this coming Thursday. At this stage, the IDF remains prepared, alert and on high alert along the northern border. Soldiers or other military targets cannot be seen on the border itself, so as not to provide Hezbollah with moving targets for anti-tank missiles or other firing.

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An IDF spokesman briefed him after the incident, stating that it was a "thwarting of an attack on Mount Dov" and that there were no casualties for our forces. , Reported the IDF Spokesman. "The observers identified the terrorists. From their entry into Israeli sovereign territory, they were controlled by observation and fire."

Hezbollah last night denied the incident and claimed that the shooting was carried out in the presence of Israel only. The terrorist organization also promised that the response to the killing of the terrorist in the attack on the Damascus airport attributed to Israel would arrive. This is in addition to the response to damage to one of the houses in a village in southern Lebanon during the masking shooting.