Tensions soar after Hezbollah 'attempts to breach Israel border'

Israel on Saturday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of "provocative" activity along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier, in a sign of escalating regional tensions, and vowed to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council.

In a statement, Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Hezbollah of multiple attempts to breach the border Friday night.

He said Israel "thoroughly condemns" the incident and expects the Lebanese government to prevent such threats.

On Friday night, the Israeli military fired flares along the volatile frontier after signs of a possible border breach. It said it later found damage to its security fence, just inside Israeli territory, in three locations.

An image posted to the official Twitter account of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) appears to show a location along the security fence where a breach had occured.

Denying any military inflitration into Israel, the caption reads:

"This is a severe event. We hold the Lebanese government responsible for actions from its territory"

Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006 that ended in a stalemate.

Under a U.N-brokered truce, Hezbollah is barred fro conducting military activity along the frontier.

There was no immediate comment from the Iranian-backed militant group. 

But in recent days, both Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have accused Israel of violating Lebanese airspace.

Earlier this week, Hezbollah said an Israeli drone destroyed one of its vehicles in neighboring Syria, and Lebanon has reported Israeli drones flying over the capital Beirut.

Lebanese soldiers also faced off with Israeli troops along the frontier.

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