Video emerges seemingly showing Israeli soldiers using a trebuchet to lob fiery weapons at Lebanon

原标题：视频显示以色列士兵使用投石机向黎巴嫩投掷烈性武器

Israeli soldiers used a trebuchet to throw incendiaries near the Lebanese border, a video appears to show.

一段视频显示，以色列士兵在黎巴嫩边境附近使用投石机投掷燃烧弹。

The Israeli military stated this was a local initiative, not a widespread tool, per local reporting.

据当地报道，以色列军方表示，这是一种当地的做法，而不是广泛使用的工具。

The move could be aimed at clearing dense vegetation hiding enemies amid ongoing border hostilities.

此举可能旨在清除在持续的边境敌对行动中敌人藏身的茂密植被。

An unusual video apparently depicting Israeli soldiers launching fireballs near the Lebanese border using a trebuchet, a siege weapon used to attack castles and fortifications in ages past, began circulating on social media Thursday.

周四，一段不同寻常的视频开始在社交媒体上流传，视频显然描绘了以色列士兵在黎巴嫩边境附近使用投石机发射火球的场景。投石机是一种攻城武器，很久以前一直用于攻击城堡和防御工事。

The Israeli military said in a statement on KAN News that the trebuchet was used as part of a "local initiative" and that it is "not a tool that has come into widespread use."

以色列军方在KAN新闻的一份声明中说，这种投石机是一种“当地做法”，而“不是一种广泛使用的工具”。

"The area on the Lebanese border is characterized by boulders, thickets, and dense thorn vegetation, which poses a challenge to the IDF forces deployed in defense," the statement said.

声明说:“黎巴嫩边境地区的特点是巨石、灌木丛和茂密的荆棘植被，这对部署在防御中的以色列国防军部队构成了挑战。”

The trebuchet, a weapon used as early as the fourth century BC, is known for its use of a counterweight, unlike catapults that rely on tension, to fling heavy projectiles out to great distances, but since the invention of gunpowder, its use has become less common.

投石机是一种早在公元前4世纪就开始使用的武器，它以使用平衡物而闻名，不像依靠张力的弹射器，它可以把沉重的弹丸扔到很远的地方，但自从火药发明以来，它的使用就不那么常见了。

Other posts show a soldier firing a flaming arrow with a bow near the border with Lebanon. Business Insider has been unable to independently confirm the details of the footage, including when the videos were filmed.

其他一些帖子显示，一名士兵在黎巴嫩边境附近用弓发射燃烧的箭。Business Insider无法独立确认视频的细节，包括视频的拍摄时间。

Media outlets have speculated that the trebuchet's fiery ammunition was meant to burn down heavy foliage covering parts of Lebanon near the border as a way of exposing threats from Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia group.

媒体猜测，这种投石机的烈性弹药是为了烧毁覆盖黎巴嫩边境附近部分地区的茂密树叶，以此暴露来自伊朗支持的民兵组织真主党的威胁。

Since hostilities were reignited at the border of Israel and Lebanon in October 2023, the Israeli military has also used drones and white phosphorus munitions in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah, on the other hand, has been firing continuous barrages of rockets and other munitions toward northern Israel.

自2023年10月以色列和黎巴嫩边境再次爆发敌对行动以来，以色列军方还在黎巴嫩南部使用了无人机和白磷弹。另一方面，真主党一直在向以色列北部发射火箭弹和其他弹药。

There are concerns that both Israel and Lebanon are at risk of experiencing wildfires due to the exchange of fire at the border and the use of incendiary weapons.

令人关切的是，由于在边界交火和使用燃烧武器，以色列和黎巴嫩都有发生野火的危险。