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January 2015 Shebaa farms incident took place when 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 vehicles patrolling the border,〔(Tel Aviv Diary: Netanyahu Loses His Security Edge ) BY MARC SCHULMAN 1/28/15, Newsweek〕 killing 2 and wounding 7 Israeli soldiers and officers, as confirmed by Israeli military. The number of Israeli casualties was 15 according to a report by Al Mayadeen. A Spanish UN peacekeeper was also killed during consequent fire exchanges in the area, with Israel firing artillery and Hezbollah responding by mortar shells. The conflict stopped at afternoon, after UNIFIL mediation. According to a number of analysts, the incident was a response to an attack against a military convoy comprising Hezbollah and Iranian officers on January 18, 2015 at Quneitra in south of Syria. ==Background== During Syrian Civil War, Hezbollah has had increasing presence in south of Syria. At the same time, Israel was accused for launching several airstrikes against Hezbollah and Syrian Army strategic targets in south of Syria during the civil war, though it denied involvement. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah had warned that it would retaliate against possible Israeli attacks inside Syria.〔BBC News - 'Israel strike' kills Hezbollah men in Syria's ...〕 On January 18, 2015, an airstrike was launched against a convoy that killed six Hezbollah militants, including two of its prominent members and Iranian Revolutionary Guards general Mohammad Ali Allahdadi at al-Amal Farms (Mazraat Amal) in the Quneitra District of Syria, in the Golan Heights. Hezbollah and IRGC held Israel responsible and threatened to retaliate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Israel unaware killed Iranian general was in Hezbollah convoy in Syria )〕 Amid official Israeli silence, a flurry of statements from anonymous Israeli officials have made contradictory claims, one saying that Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking Hezbollah militants planning an attack on Israelis at the frontier fence. One Israeli official reportedly apologized anonymously.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hezbollah seeks revenge but not war over Israel - Al Jazeera America )〕 On January 27, at least two rockets from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and Israel responded with 20 artillery fire and airstrikes against Syrian army artillery positions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Israel: IDF soldiers wounded in Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon )〕 A senior IDF official held Hezbollah responsible.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spain blames Israel for death of UN peacekeeper )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 2015 Shebaa farms incident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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