A 20-year-old Israeli citizen crossed the border into Lebanon and was returned to Israel after about a month

An IDF spokesman announced that a citizen in his 20s, a Bedouin, who had crossed the border on foot between Rosh Hanikra and Hermon about a month ago, was returned to Israel about a month ago. "It is not clear why he passed."

Amir Bohbot

30/12/2021

Thursday, 30 December 2021, 19:03 Updated: 19:24

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The IDF announced today (Thursday) that an Israeli citizen who crossed the border into Lebanon about a month ago was recently returned to the country's borders. The citizen, a Bedouin in his twenties, returned in coordination with UNIFIL and foreign sources. "He is healthy and intact. He was in Lebanon. Now he is in our hands and has been transferred for investigation by the security forces," said Brigadier General Ran Kochav. "This is a sensitive incident. "To keep him safe, both when he was in Lebanon and now when he is in Israel."

According to an IDF spokesman, "It is not clear why he crossed. "When they finish investigating him, we will understand what his motive was. This is a humanitarian event. When we know details, we will publish."

He added that the IDF could not indicate the crossing point and whether the soldiers were able to identify it in real time crossing the border.It is unclear at this stage if Hezbollah was captured and who has held it in recent weeks.

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Israel-Lebanon border (Photo: Amir Bohbot)

An investigation is underway to find out what the crossing point is and what did not work as expected among the gathering and the ongoing security forces along the border. 360 degrees along the northern border to prevent crossings on both sides of the border.

At the beginning of the Israeli year, a 25-year-old Modi'in Illit resident climbed a two-meter-high indicative fence that sends a warning in response to contact - and moved to Syrian territory.

There, she arrived in a Syrian village near the border with Israel and the locals discovered that she was Israeli, and handed her over to the Syrian security forces.

In July, she was sentenced to eight months in prison for illegal departure, departure from Israel and attempted illegal departure.

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