The Israel Defense Force advised Israelis planning to spend the Shavuot holiday weekend in the north to be careful about possible Hezbollah cross-border attacks. Israeli security forces are on heightened alert for possible attempts to kidnap troops or even civilians amid Hezbollah threats to launch attacks to mark the one-year anniversary of the IDF’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon on May 24, 2000.
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