Bomb Blast Wounds Israeli Soldier near Adaisseh

An Israeli soldier was injured on Monday when a bomb went off near the barbed wire in the southern border town of Adaisseh, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The NNA said that the soldiers was digging a hole near the barbed wire when the bomb exploded.

No further information was provided.

However, later on the Israeli army denied the report.

Last week, an Israeli infantry unit, comprised of 25 soldiers, crossed the barbed wire in al-Wazzani hills and deployed at the river's eastern bank.

However, the soldiers did not cross the U.N.-drawn Blue Line.

The Wazzani spring is a major source of the Hasbani river.

An Israeli bulldozer was later reported to have crossed the technical fence in the town of Rmeish in the Bint Jbeil district.

According to NNA the bulldozer began digging in Wadi Qatmoun.

Monday's incident also comes two weeks after Israeli troops dismantled and removed two electronic devices from the Lebanese border town of Adaisseh, south of the Blue Line, as Lebanese soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers stood guard and monitored the process.

Tension has spiked on the border between the two countries since a Lebanese soldier gunned down an Israeli soldier driving near the frontier on December 16.

Israel's border with Lebanon has been largely quiet since the 2006 war with Hizbullah.