Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Israel - Lebanon Border Still Tense After Yesteday's Military Clash



U.N. Says Israel Did Not Violate Border In Clash With Lebanon -- Washington Post

JERUSALEM -- A deadly exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese forces Tuesday shattered a tenuous calm that has persisted along the border since Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah waged a month-long war four years ago that killed hundreds and displaced thousands.

In the most serious border confrontation since then, two Lebanese soldiers and one Lebanese journalist were killed. A 45-year old Israeli lieutenant colonel was also killed, and an Israeli platoon commander was critically wounded.

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More News on Yesterday's Israel - Lebanon Military Clash

Clashes Between Israeli, Lebanese Forces Spark Fears of Wider War -- Voice of America
Blood on the rocks by Israel-Lebanon tripwire -- Reuters
U.N. Supports Israeli Account of Border Clash -- New York Times
Tree in Lebanon-Israel Clash Was in Israel, U.N. Says -- New York Times/AP
Israeli Soldiers In Israel During Lebanon Clash: U.N. -- New York Times/Reuters
Israeli troops south of border when Lebanon fired, U.N. says -- CNN
Israeli troops 'on own side' in Lebanon clash, UN says -- BBC
UN urges restraint after Israel-Lebanon border clash -- BBC

5 dead in Israel-Lebanon skirmish -- Washington Times
Lethal Clash at Israeli-Lebanon Border -- New York Times

Israel cuts down trees that caused Lebanon clashes -- AFP
Israel continues uprooting trees on Lebanon border after fatal clash -- The Guardian
Israel cuts down tree that caused clashes with Lebanon -- The Telegraph

Lebanon and Israel need a proper border agreement -- Brian Whitaker, The Guardian
A Pre-Arranged Spontaneous Border War? -- Sky News
Lebanon, Israel -- A return to war? -- Xinhunet
What's Behind the Latest Lebanon Clash? -- Time Magazine

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