BEIRUT
Lebanese group Hezbollah on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast that injured two Israeli soldiers on Lebanese-Israeli border.
In a statement, the Shiite group said that its fighters had detonated an explosive device at an Israeli patrol in the Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon.
"The blast had caused injuries among [Israeli] occupation soldiers," the statement said.
Earlier Tuesday, the Israeli army said that two troops were slightly injured in a blast near the border with Lebanon.
Army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on his Twitter account that the blast targeted an Israeli patrol in Shebaa Farms near the border, asserting that the two troops suffered slight wounds.
The Israeli army said that its forces shelled two Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon following the attack.
No casualties were reported in the Israeli shelling.
By Hamza Takeen
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