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Lebanon-Israel Border Clash Kills 4 Soldiers

Exchange of fire at border may have been over tree removal

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 3, 2010 6:51 AM CDT | Updated Aug 3, 2010 8:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Three Lebanese soldiers, one Israeli soldier, and a Lebanese journalist were killed as Israeli and Lebanese troops fired on each other near the border today in their most serious confrontation since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The clash began when Israeli troops tried to remove a tree near or across the border, according to an al-Jazeera correspondent. Lebanese troops fired warning shots, and the Israelis responded by shelling a border town, a security source told Reuters. One shell hit a house in the village.

Israel says the altercation occurred during a routine patrol. "The overall picture that seems to be emerging from Israeli television reports is that the whole incident seems to have started over some misunderstanding," says an al-Jazeera correspondent in Jerusalem. UN peacekeeping troops in the area have urged both sides to exercise "maximum restraint."

Israeli soldiers patrol the Israeli northern border town of Metulla, seen from the border village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, in this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo.
Israeli soldiers patrol the Israeli northern border town of Metulla, seen from the border village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, in this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo.   (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
People carry an injured man after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since...
People carry an injured man after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug....   (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)
Israeli soldiers take position next to a military vehicle near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010.
Israeli soldiers take position next to a military vehicle near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010.   (AP Photo/Hamad Almakt)
Israeli soldiers stand next to military vehicles near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the...
Israeli soldiers stand next to military vehicles near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers...   (AP Photo/Hamad Almakt)
UNIFIL peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border fence in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago, and Lebanon said at least two...
UNIFIL peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border fence in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border...   (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)
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COMMENTS
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diltsduo
Aug 4, 2010 6:28 PM CDT
Hooray we can ;leave Iraq and head on Israel!
ssusanna1
Aug 3, 2010 3:44 PM CDT
Why don't you get it right! An Israeli officer was killed by sniper fire. Another officer was seriously wounded, by a sniper. For trimming trees at a border where armed men use the cover to try to cross from Lebanon into Israel to cause havic and terror. Of course Israel fired back. Yes Lebanese soldiers were killed too. The Muslims don't want Jews in the middle east. They don't want the Christians there either. They are not interested in peace. They just keep stirring things up, to keep the fire burning, waiting for their chance. Amazing the double standard used for Israel. Amazing how twisted and bent things can be made to look. Its as if the world has lost its mind. Totally blind to what is really happening.
Cprizzle
Aug 3, 2010 9:41 AM CDT
Good lord this gets old. They need to grow the hell up. Both of them.

 
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