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Tensions persist over Lebanon-Israel border dispute
The two countries have been locked in a battle over gas drilling rights and Israel's construction of a border wall that Lebanon says encroaches on its territory.
Tensions persist over Lebanon-Israel border dispute
Israel's wall under construction on the border with Lebanon, near the village of Naqoura on February 8, 2018. / Reuters Archive
By Mazhar Ali
April 5, 2018

Israel and Lebanon have been exchanging threats and condemnation over a border wall being built by Israel, a tender issued by Beirut for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters and arms flows to Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

Tensions remain high amid fears the disputes could escalate into another war.

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TRT World's Francis Collings reports from Lebanon.

SOURCE:TRT World
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