Lebanese herders, Israeli military row over cows grazing near border By Jessie Pang, Alun John and Sumeet Chatterjee
A shepherd herds cows in the village of Wazzani, near the Lebanese-Israeli border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Tuesday cows which crossed from Lebanon would be returned, after cattle herders from a Lebanese border village accused Israeli soldiers of taking the animals which have grazed freely near the disputed frontier for decades.
Lebanon and Israel are in a formal state of war and have long contested their land and maritime borders.
The herders from the village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a fence that separates the countries and the ‘Blue Line’ that constitutes the United Nations-designated frontier, taking seven cows.
1/26/2021
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BEIRUT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on
Tuesday cows which crossed from Lebanon would be returned, after
cattle herders from a Lebanese border village accused Israeli
soldiers of taking the animals which have grazed freely near the
disputed frontier for decades.
Lebanon and Israel are in a formal state of war and have
long contested their land and maritime borders.
The herders from the village of Wazzani say Israeli patrols
crossed into a grey zone on Sunday between a fence that
separates the countries and the Blue Line that constitutes the
United Nations-designated frontier, taking seven cows.