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<font size=4><b>Lebanon: Israeli unit triggered fighting<br><br>
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</a>Lebanon's Army officially holds Israel responsible for ignition of
the recent crossfire between the two sides, which left four Lebanese
dead. <br><br>
The Army said in a statement that the fighting erupted after an Israeli
patrol unit on Tuesday breached a border fence and moved into Adeissah
village in southern Lebanon, Press TV's correspondent in Lebanese
capital, Beirut, reported. <br><br>
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, mandated to maintain the
security of Lebanon's southern border with Israel, then intervened to
stop the forces but the Israeli unit continued to proceed, prompting
light Army fire, the correspondent quoted the statement as saying.
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Confrontation subsequently erupted with the Israeli forces using machine
guns and tanks shells on Army bases and local residences, it said.
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Three Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist from the Beirut-based
<i>al-Akhbar</i> newspaper and a senior Israeli officer died during the
exchange of fire, the worst of its kind since Israel's 2006 war on
Lebanon. <br><br>
Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri as well as
Iranian and Jordanian officials have voiced their condemnation of the
invasion. <br><br>
Hezbollah's Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has also said that
the Lebanese resistance movement would act to curb Israel's potential
acts of aggression on Lebanon's Army. <br><br>
Hezbollah fought off Israel's 33-Day War against Lebanon in 2006, which
killed about 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians. <br><br>
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