Catillina
3rd August 2010, 15:29
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10851692
Deadly Israel-Lebanon border clash
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Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the clash
Lebanese and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire along their shared border, with each reporting casualties.
Three Lebanese soldiers and a journalist were killed by Israeli troops who had crossed the border, unnamed Lebanese officials said.
Israel said two of its soldiers had been shot in a buffer zone, but that troops had remained on its side.
Israel's foreign ministry warned Lebanon of "consequences" if violence continued.
"Israel views the Lebanese government as responsible for this serious incident," a ministry statement said.
In a statement, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned Israeli "aggression" and said Lebanese sovereignty had been violated.
The clash is the most serious incident since a 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
'Artillery fire' There are conflicting accounts of what triggered the gunfire.
The Lebanese army says it started firing after warning Israeli soldiers not to uproot a tree blocking their view in the village of Adaysseh on the Lebanese side.
Israel then replied with artillery fire, Lebanese officials said.
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Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said an Israeli high-ranking military officer had also been caught up in the shooting, but this was not confirmed.
The Israeli army said its forces were working on its side of the border, near the town of Kiryat Shemona, when they received warnings to leave the area.
"The soldiers were on routine activity in Israeli territory, in an area that lies between the "blue line" (the internationally recognised border between Israel and Lebanon) and the security fence, thus within Israeli territory," the IDF said in a statement.
People in Lebanese army uniform then opened fire on the troops, injuring two Israeli soldiers, the army said.
The UN peacekeeping force stationed in southern Lebanon has urged both sides to show "maximum restraint" following the clash.
The exchange comes a day after rockets were fired at the Israeli resort of Eilat, with a stray rocket killing one person in the nearby port of Aqaba in Jordan.
Do you think this could escalate? The reason for the shooting seems to me marginal, but still...it could be a new reason for israel to attack Lebanon.
Deadly Israel-Lebanon border clash
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48587000/jpg/_48587199_009915446-1.jpg
Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the clash
Lebanese and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire along their shared border, with each reporting casualties.
Three Lebanese soldiers and a journalist were killed by Israeli troops who had crossed the border, unnamed Lebanese officials said.
Israel said two of its soldiers had been shot in a buffer zone, but that troops had remained on its side.
Israel's foreign ministry warned Lebanon of "consequences" if violence continued.
"Israel views the Lebanese government as responsible for this serious incident," a ministry statement said.
In a statement, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned Israeli "aggression" and said Lebanese sovereignty had been violated.
The clash is the most serious incident since a 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
'Artillery fire' There are conflicting accounts of what triggered the gunfire.
The Lebanese army says it started firing after warning Israeli soldiers not to uproot a tree blocking their view in the village of Adaysseh on the Lebanese side.
Israel then replied with artillery fire, Lebanese officials said.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48592000/gif/_48592318_israel_lebanon_kiryat_shemonaaug10.gif
Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said an Israeli high-ranking military officer had also been caught up in the shooting, but this was not confirmed.
The Israeli army said its forces were working on its side of the border, near the town of Kiryat Shemona, when they received warnings to leave the area.
"The soldiers were on routine activity in Israeli territory, in an area that lies between the "blue line" (the internationally recognised border between Israel and Lebanon) and the security fence, thus within Israeli territory," the IDF said in a statement.
People in Lebanese army uniform then opened fire on the troops, injuring two Israeli soldiers, the army said.
The UN peacekeeping force stationed in southern Lebanon has urged both sides to show "maximum restraint" following the clash.
The exchange comes a day after rockets were fired at the Israeli resort of Eilat, with a stray rocket killing one person in the nearby port of Aqaba in Jordan.
Do you think this could escalate? The reason for the shooting seems to me marginal, but still...it could be a new reason for israel to attack Lebanon.