Hanikra border clash

2013 Israel–Lebanon border clash

Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon
DateDecember 15–16, 2013
Location
Rosh Hanikra, Israel
Result

Fighting subsided

  • Rogue Lebanese marksmen detained
Belligerents
 Israel  Lebanon
Units involved
Israel Israeli Defence Force Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces
Casualties and losses
Israel 1 soldier killed
Israel 1 jeep damaged[1]		 Lebanon 1 soldier wounded

The Hanikra border clash was the shooting death of an Israeli soldier and subsequent counter-attack that ensued, wounding a Lebanese soldier. The incident took place in the Rosh HaNikra (HaKira) locality kibbutz on the Lebanese-Israeli border.[1] According to Lebanese authorities the soldier who shot and killed the IDF serviceman acted independently without orders to shoot.[2] The shootout marked the first time an Israeli soldier died confronting Lebanese soldiers since the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash.

  1. ^ a b "BBC News - Troops shot on Israel-Lebanon border". BBC News. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Lebanese Shooter Who Killed IDF Soldier Detained". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.