#UNIFIL deems the #ShebaaFarms Israeli-#occupied land. Israel considers the area part of the Golan Heights, which it #annexed from #Syria in 1981, & Lebanon & Syria consider the farms Lebanese territory. Recent attacks from #Lebanon into #Israel have typically been launched by Palestinian factions & tempered by #Hezbollah, whose behavior had indicated an aim of avoiding escalation w/ Israel. Sunday’s attack…(is) fueling fears that…(what) began in Israel & #Gaza could turn into a wider #conflict.