Lebanon deploys army in response to Israel's security drill

Sources in Beirut say Lebanese soldiers deployed along southern border while Israel holds Turning Point 4 drill. 'We shall thwart any possible offensive from enemy,' says security source

Roee Nahmias

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05.26.10, 20:18 / Israel News

Amid the Israeli security establishment's Home Front Commend drill on Wednesday– Lebanon's army also conducted a military exercise in the south of the country.   A security source in Beirut said that Lebanese soldiers were dispatched across the border with Israel "in order to thwart any possible offensive from the enemy, and close any loopholes that it might use during an attack scenario."   Turning Point 4 Air raid siren sounds across Israel as part of drill / Hanan Greenberg Israel's largest ever home front drill peaks with minute and-a-half siren heard all across the country; Knesset members also head for shelter Full story According to Hezbollah-operated al Manar network, the military deployed the 11th infantry brigade along the western sector at the south of the country. Also according to the network, Lebanese antiaircraft forces opened fire at "hostile aircrafts" circling above Har Dov.   "If Israel imposes a naval blockade during a future war, all civilian, military and commercial ships that approach its ports will be in danger," said Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah during a speech broadcasted on satellite.

Nasrallah warned that "whoever tries to reach the shores of Palestine will come under heavy fire by the fighters of the Islamic resistance."
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