IDF detains two suspects who crossed Israeli-Lebanese border
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFSuspect arrested by IDF for infiltrating Israel-Lebanon border. (IDF spokesperson)(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)The IDF detained two men on Monday afternoon who crossed the Lebanese border into Israel late Sunday night.It took four and half minutes for a patrol team to arrive at the fence and begin scanning the area. After an extensive search, soldiers and police officers found the suspects near the security fence.The suspects had crossed the border through a weak point in the fence, which was built in the 70's. They then hid in the forest for many hours. Eventually. the rising heat drew them out of their hideout and the fresh footprints were then traced by IDF who quickly captured them. The suspects are both Turkish citizens and had crossed borders to look for a job. They claim to have previously been employed in Israel.An investigation into why the intrusion warning was not received on time found that there is a technical issue in the border fence which created the delay and gave the intruders enough time to hide, according to N12 Illumination rounds were fired by the IDF near Shlomi on the Israeli-Lebanese border on Sunday night after indications the security fence had been tampered with, the IDF reported. On May 14, soldiers shot at protestors approached the border, wounding one Hezbollah member. Three suspects cut through the border fence and crossed into Israel, where they were joined by four more. They then started a fire inside Israeli territory, which spread to Lebanese territory.
