Protesting the Zionist violation against Lebanon’s southern territories, residents of the border town of Mays al-Jabal staged a sit-in in the presence of MP Qassem Hashem and a number of journalists, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

NNA said that Zionist troops had fired tear gas bombs in the direction of the campaigners to disperse them which led to several cases of suffocation.

Meanwhile Israeli airplanes hovered over the region.

On Wednesday, a 12-member Israeli occupation force crossed the electronic fence in the outskirts of Mays al-Jabal in the Kroum al-Sharqi area.

The Zionist troops planted spy devices consisted of a camera and a transmission instrument that are both solar powered.

Source: NNA