A group of Israeli civilians, identified by security sources as teenage girls, crossed the border from Israel into Lebanon near the village of Ghajar on Wednesday afternoon, according to Doron Kadush. IDF forces operating at the scene arrested some of the individuals, while the search for the remaining continues.
A group of Israeli civilians, identified by security sources as teenage girls, crossed the border from Israel into Lebanon near the village of Ghajar on Wednesday afternoon. IDF forces at the scene arrested some of the individuals, while the search for the remaining continues, according to a report by Doron Kadush. The development follows The Zioneer's earlier reporting at 17:45 Jerusalem that the IDF had located most of a group of approximately 10 activists from the Uri Tzafon Movement who had crossed into the area.
The incident was first reported by Israeli media at approximately 17:45 Jerusalem, with initial accounts indicating that a group of Israeli girls had breached the border fence and that IDF soldiers were in pursuit. Within minutes, The Zioneer reported that the IDF had arrested some of the individuals and was continuing the search. Subsequent updates confirmed that the crossing was organized by the Uri Tzafon Movement, a Religious Zionist group that has carried out similar crossings in recent months. The military later stated that most of the activists had been located and escorted back to Israel, and that they would be handed over to police for questioning. Security sources have now identified the group as teenage girls.
The crossing occurred amid ongoing IDF operations in southern Lebanon, including airstrikes and artillery fire against Hezbollah targets, as The Zioneer reported earlier this week. The security situation along the northern border remains tense, with multiple incidents of border breaches in recent months, including a militant infiltration from Lebanon into an Israeli civilian area earlier this June — the first such breach since October 2023, as The Zioneer reported.
It remains unclear what motivated the group to cross the border, and whether the Uri Tzafon Movement's actions were coordinated with any other entities. The IDF continues to operate at the scene, and the remaining individuals have not yet been accounted for.
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