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Thread #150703   Message #3547864
Posted By: Jim Carroll
11-Aug-13 - 09:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
Just in case you missed this first time around - in full this time.
Further evidence of Israel's 'peaceful' intentions
"The war killed around 1,200 Lebanese. Most of the victims were civilians.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violations of the Lebanese territory."
Jim Carroll

LEBANON CRITICAL AS ISRAELI SOLDIERS HURT
MARK WEISS in Jerusalem
Irish Times Thursday *th August 2013

Lebanon says it will file a com¬plaint with the United Nations Security Council after four Is¬raeli soldiers were injured in a mine explosion within Leba¬nese territory.
Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour condemned "Israel's infiltration of Leba¬nese territory" early yesterday morning, describing it as a "bla¬tant violation of Lebanese sov¬ereignty and of UN resolution 1701", which ended the second Lebanese war in 2006.
Israeli security sources con¬firmed that four soldiers had been wounded. Israeli media re¬ported that the troops belonged to an elite unit and that large forces deployed in the area fol¬lowing the blast.
Large explosions
Lebanese residents reported hearing large explosions, after which Israeli flares lit up the border area.
Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon said the injured soldiers were engaged in opera¬tional activity needed to pre¬serve the quiet in the north.
"During the operation, the forces hit an explosive device. We are studying the event to un¬derstand whether this was a new or old device. Obviously we'll learn the lesson that needs to be learned here, but the activ¬ity will continue," he said.
The wounded troops were rushed to western Galilee hospi¬tal in Nahariya where three un¬derwent surgery to remove shrapnel and the fourth was ad¬mitted to intensive care.
A statement by the Lebanese army said the soldiers were in¬jured after penetrating 400 me¬tres across the border.
A Lebanese military official said the soldiers stepped on a landmine after crossing the ceasefire line on foot.
Hizbullah-affiliated media outlets, reported that the explo¬sion occurred in the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh.
Israeli prime minister Biny¬amin Netanyahu said soldiers worked 24 hours a day to pro¬tect the country's borders.
"That's what happened last night," he added. "We'll contin¬ue to act responsibly to protect Israel's borders."
Beefed up forces
Israel's northern border with Lebanon has been quiet since the end of the second Lebanese war in 2006 but the civil war in Syria prompted Israel to beef up forces along the border.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/230537.html