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Israel, Lebanese Soldiers Exchange Fire

   VOA News 03 August 2010
   Israeli  soldiers  use  a  crane  as  they appear to cut a tree on the
   Lebanese  side  of  the  border  in  the southern village of Adaisseh,
   Lebanon, 3 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   Israeli  soldiers  use  a  crane  as  they appear to cut a tree on the
   Lebanese  side  of  the  border  in  the southern village of Adaisseh,
   Lebanon, 3 Aug 2010

   Israeli  and Lebanese security sources say soldiers from the two sides
   have exchanged gunfire on the Israel-Lebanon border.
   A  Lebanese  security  official said Tuesday that one Lebanese soldier
   and one civilian were wounded.
   A  Lebanese  army  spokesman  said  the  clashes erupted after Israeli
   soldiers tried to remove a tree from the Lebanese side of the border.
   U.N.  peacekeepers  in  Lebanon  are  urging  both  sides  to exercise
   "maximum  restraint." A spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force
   in  Lebanon  (UNIFIL) said its immediate priority is to "restore calm"
   at the border region.
   U.N.  peacekeepers  patrol  southern  Lebanon  to monitor a cease-fire
   between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group.
   Hezbollah  and  Israel  fought  a 34-day war 2006. The fighting killed
   about  1,200  people  in  Lebanon,  mostly  civilians,  and nearly 160
   Israelis.
   The  conflict  began when Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and
   killed others in a cross-border raid.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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