This is the shock moment Irish soldiers stared down the barrel of a deadly Israeli tank – right at their door.
The exclusive Mirror photograph shows the Israeli Defense Force's multi-million dollar Merkava tank outside a beleaguered outpost housing 35 brave Irish UNIFIL peacekeepers on the border between Israel and Lebanon.
The photograph was taken outside Irish camp UNP6-52- as hundreds of Israeli Defense Force, or IDF, personnel mounted the invasion in a bid to destroy Islamic armed group Hezbollah late last week.
And these other images show just how close our soldiers are to the increasingly violent face-off between Israel and Hezbollah.
They show Israeli armour, jeeps and soldiers right at the Irish post. The Israelis set up an FOB, or forward operating base, right outside 6-52, which is close to the town of Maroun El Ras – a key target for Israel in its invasion of Lebanon.
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