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    Lebanese, Israeli troops exchange fire on border

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Lebanese troops briefly exchanged fire Monday on the countries' border, a volatile area where tensions can easily reignite hostilities between the two nations.

    Officials on both sides reported no casualties and each blamed the other for the clash.

    The Israeli military said Lebanese army soldiers fired on Israeli troops conducting a routine border patrol in Israeli territory, provoking the Israeli soldiers to return fire.

    A Lebanese military official said the shooting occurred after Israeli forces briefly entered Lebanese territory. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the shooting took place along the Wazzani River in the southeastern corner of Lebanon across from Israeli positions.

    Neeraj Singh, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said the gunfire had ceased and the area was quiet. UNFIL has launched an investigation to determine how the incident unfolded, he added.

    Israeli military officials said Israel wanted "to contain the situation and maintain the calm at the border."

    The violence stoked new tensions on the volatile frontier where Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah militants battled five years ago in a devastating monthlong war.

    In May, Israeli troops clashed with a large crowd of pro-Palestinian Lebanese demonstrators who approached the border. The military acknowledges opening fire after protesters tried to damage the border fence. But it says the six demonstrators killed might have been shot by Lebanese army troops, a claim the Lebanese dispute.

    In another incident that took place almost a year ago, Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist.

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    Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.

     

    146 comments

    • Jerry  •  9 mths ago
      Lebanon is a good example of how allowing the creation of Israel has destabalized the Middle East and encourged religious zelots to grow and overthrow a democractic country. There are some three million Palestinains in Lebanon that want to go back to their homeland. The UN needs to restructure Palestine so that it is made into a democratic society with no recognition of race or religion.
    • joe grumpy  •  9 mths ago
      i want to point out that i am not a jew and not an american,but i love israel and it has absolutely the right to exist!!!
      • Adela Juliana 9 mths ago
        Ok Joe
        and the Palestinians?

        1967
        two state only solution

        no more excuses
    • Crusader  •  9 mths ago
      I just love Bible prophesy...know what is going to happen and who is going to win. LOL
    • Ezrach Jacobi  •  9 mths ago
      Let me ask all of you a traveling disturbing question if I may?!When the passenger list is being called loud near the flight gate and you hear a sequence of several Islamic names (Muhammad al something, Ismail abu something …) called to proceed with the boarding don’t you have second thoughts getting on this flight I bet people in this situation call family members they haven't been speaking with for a long time to revile their love and you hear a melancholia voice on the line like the person who's speaking is not sure he'll reach the destination.
      • Ilsor 9 mths ago
        what is ur problem here dummy?
      • Osa 9 mths ago
        I do that whenever I hear names like David, Benyamin, Yakof etc...
    • Ezrach Jacobi  •  9 mths ago
      It might be that RC's pacemaker is dead and his pressing the keyboard senseless
    • Mildred Brooks  •  9 mths ago
      netanyahu gave a wonderful interview on fox.what a great man of princpal and love for his country. makes me envy that we dont have the same in america.
      • A Yahoo! User 9 mths ago
        No you don't, in America you have an honest man not a devious fornicating lier
      • BG 9 mths ago
        Netanyahu is one of the few real leaders today. He has the convictions, smarts and courage that so many "leaders" lack
      • Mildred Brooks 9 mths ago
        arent you talking about clinton
    • Bill  •  9 mths ago
      God vs. Satan
      • rick 9 mths ago
        Both Muslims and Jews worship the same God.
      • Osa 9 mths ago
        Thank you Rick, so too do Christians as well.
      • putenon 9 mths ago
        Can you guess who the winner IS !!
    • bat boy  •  9 mths ago
      This is obviously an attempt by pro-Syrian forces in Lebanon to distract attention from Syrian president Bashar Assad's massacre of civilians.
      Over 100 killed by machine gun and tank fire just yesterday .
      The sad thing is that the Arabs on this board(king,Reality Check, Hendrik,) Can't find anything negative to say about there Arab brothers killing innocent Arabs. Just lies about Israel.... How PATHETIC
    • C  •  9 mths ago
      hamas and hezbollah are undermining peace//they are extreme muslim fanatics and are literally controlling lebanon and gaza///muslim brotherhood too are involved///islam is evil and is against christians and jews///israel should send in troops too liberate the people in both areas///there are no rules in war and i say bomb the hell out of them////all muslims believe power is freedom and weakness is not/////they are ruthless and should be dealt with now not later////
    • Diana  •  9 mths ago
      There was CASUALTY, ONE LEBANESE SOLDIER WAS KILLED, IT IS YAHOO, NEVER SAY THE TRUTH
    • high noon  •  9 mths ago
      viva ISRAEL
    • Ben  •  9 mths ago
      Hey guys, every group always pushes for his own gain, pretty evident in the post apartheid in SA as well!!!!!!!
    • Hank Kimble  •  9 mths ago
      Oh,I'm well educated on the subject. I'm a Lebanese-American who fought in the Lebanese Civil War of the mid-70's.

      The creation of Israel and the masses of refugees were key factor in destabilizing a young Lebanese state. The Palestinian-Jordanian Civil War of 1970 pushed heavily armed PLO
      troops and armor into southern Lebanon where they continued to fight with the Israeli's and
      destabilize the Lebanese state further,dragging it into a state of civil war.

      I'm like a lot of folks who hail from adjoining countries to Israel who can sum up their feelings in one sentence,take yer damned refugees back where they belong.
    • arthur  •  9 mths ago
      I don't know who is right and who is wroing. But if Israeli troops went across the border like they say, then it's Israels fault.
    • calven  •  9 mths ago
      The last time the Lebanese Hezbollah got into it with the Israelies the Lebanese got their #$%$ handed to them. You'd think these terrorists would figure it out by now.
    • sean  •  9 mths ago
      and by the way for all you nazi this and nazi that,,according to the international red cross report nazis killed 271,301 jews in ww2, according to the insitiuite for historic review, at no time between 1940 and 1945 were their more then 345,000 prisoners total at auczwitz..and all were not even jewish, why is this important, because jews claim 3 million of the 6 million were killed their..do some research and you'll see all this is true !
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Even if Israel gives back all the land the Arabs claim they have stolen, they (Arabs) will never like or recognize Israel. The only way peace will ever be achieved in that region is when ..... scarp that!! Peace will never be achieved until planet earth is no more. Muslims hate Christians, Jews, Hiddus, Buddahs, however most Christians have a compassion and respect other religions. (Forget about the tea partiers in the US, they seem to hate gays, Muslims, blacks, Democrats, women...)
    • Hendrik  •  9 mths ago
      Ezrach, since you back on here, I assume the job interview was not successful? Shame man. We keep reading of rising cost of living in Israel and protests about it. Must be terrible to not have enough shekels. As bas as me going without a bike for a week. Business booming here.

      I will give you a hint. Look at history. Countries that have got rid of jews experienced an economic boom afterwards. LOL!
    • khill05  •  9 mths ago
      Bomb all terrorist countries back to the stone age and tell them to try again.
    • steve  •  9 mths ago
      Anti-Semites below are loooosers! We Jews are pound for pound the most successful and intelligent people in the world. While comprising of less than 1% of the world's population, we have won 1/3 of all nobel prizes in the fields of science and math. No other group in the world even comes close. The scientific endeavors that have won those prizes have greatly enriched the world. The only logical conclusion, is that the anti-semites below are jealous loooosers.
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