January 2015 Shebaa farms incident
| January 2015 Shebaa farms incident Shebaa Farms operation (عملية مزارع شبعا) |
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| Part of Israeli–Lebanese conflict and Israel–Iran proxy conflict | |
Map of the Shebaa Farms
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| Type | Ambush |
| Location | Shebaa Farms, Israeli-occupied territories |
| Objective | To attack an Israeli military convoy as a response to January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident |
| Date | 28 January 2015 11:25am (UTC+02:00) |
| Executed by | Hezbollah |
| Outcome | Successful |
| Casualties |
2 Humvees destroyed 1 Spanish UN peacekeeper killed by Israeli fire during cross shellings in the area. |
2 Humvees destroyed
As a response to an attack against a military convoy comprising Hezbollah and Iranian officers on January 18, 2015 at Quneitra in south of Syria, the Lebanese Hezbollah group launched an ambush on January 28 against an Israeli military convoy in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms, firing anti-tank missiles against two Israeli Humvees patrolling the border, killing 2 and wounding 7 Israeli soldiers and officers, according to Israeli military. The number of Israeli casualties was 15 according to a report by Al Mayadeen. A Spanish UN peacekeeper was also killed by Israeli fire during consequent fire exchanges in the area, with Israel firing artillery and Hezbollah responding by mortar shells. The conflict stopped at afternoon, after UNIFIL mediation.
During Syrian Civil War, Hezbollah has had increasing presence in south of Syria. At the same time, Israel was accused for launching several airstrikes against Hezbollah and Syrian Army strategic targets in south of Syria during the civil war, though it denied involvement. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah had warned that it would retaliate against possible Israeli attacks against Hezbollah inside Syria.
On January 18, 2015, an airstrike was launched against a convoy that killed six Hezbollah militants, including two of its prominent members and Iranian Revolutionary Guards general Mohammad Ali Allahdadi at al-Amal Farms (Mazraat Amal) in the Quneitra District of Syria, in the Golan Heights. Hezbollah and IRGC held Israel responsible and threatened to retaliate. Amid official Israeli silence, a flurry of statements from anonymous Israeli officials have made contradictory claims, one saying that Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking Hezbollah militants planning an attack on Israelis at the frontier fence. One Israeli official reportedly apologized anonymously.
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