Lebanon lawmaker vows to enter Israel-occupied Shebaa Farms 'again and again'

A Lebanese lawmaker who was injured after entering Arab territory occupied by Israel has vowed to do so again.

Qassem Hashem, an MP from the predominantly Shia Amal Movement, infiltrated about 80 metres into the Shebaa Farms on Saturday, accompanied by dozens of journalists.

The Israeli army used tear gas and sound grenades mildly injuring the lawmaker.

The Shebaa Farms is Arab territory occupied by Israel, though whether the land is Syrian or Lebanese is a matter of dispute.

"Our visit with the media and a number of civilians who own property in the Shebaa Farms is not something new, but it is planned," Hashem told Lebanese news outlet Sawt Beirut International.

"We go on such tours from time to time to remind Lebanon of the Shebaa Farms and to remind the enemy that it is an occupier of this land and we cannot tolerate its continued occupation of it.

"We will repeat it, and we will return again and again and again to such initiatives until we reach the moment of its liberation from this enemy."

The Amal movement Hashem belongs to is in a parliamentary alliance with the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Hezbollah recently erected two tents in the Shebaa Farms in response to Israel construction of a fence around the nearby town of Ghajar.

Ghajar is partly in Lebanon and partly in the Golan Heights, Syrian territory occupied by Israel.

News website The Times of Israel said one of the tents was cleared out following a reported Israeli threat of armed action.

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, said the second tent would remain as he commemorated the anniversary of the group's 2006 war with Israel.

"Israel won't dare to take one step in the territory against the tent because it knows what will happen," he said.

"If there's any harm to the tent, we won't stay quiet."