January 2015 Shebaa farms incident Shebaa Farms operation (عملية مزارع شبعا) | |
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Part of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict and Iran–Israel proxy conflict | |
![]() Map of the Shebaa Farms | |
Type | Ambush |
Location | |
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 2 Israeli soldiers killed, 7 wounded[1] 1 Spanish UN peacekeeper killed |
As a response to an Israeli attack against a military convoy comprising Hezbollah and Iranian officers on January 18, 2015, at Quneitra in southern 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,[2] destroying the two Humvees and killing 2 and wounding 7 Israeli soldiers, according to Israeli military. The number of Israeli casualties was 15 according to a report by Al Mayadeen television station. A Spanish UN peacekeeper was also killed by Israeli fire[3] during consequent fire exchanges in the area, with Israel firing artillery and Hezbollah responding by mortar shells. The conflict ended later the same day after UNIFIL mediation.
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