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| Clash on Israel-Lebanese border | |
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| Israeli and Lebanese forces have exchanged fire on the international border between the two countries. | |
| Israeli officials said their troops came under fire as they searched a border area where four explosives were found on Monday. | |
| Troops returned fire but no casualties were reported, security sources said. Lebanese officials confirmed the clash. | |
| Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fought a 34-day war last year sparked by flare-ups on the tense border. | Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fought a 34-day war last year sparked by flare-ups on the tense border. |
| Since that conflict the international border between Israel and Lebanon has been policed by a combination of Lebanese government soldiers and UN troops. | Since that conflict the international border between Israel and Lebanon has been policed by a combination of Lebanese government soldiers and UN troops. |
| Territory dispute | |
| According to Israeli reports, Lebanese troops fired when an Israeli patrol crossed a security fence near the Israeli village of Avivim. | |
| "We called for them to stop firing, they shot at us and we returned fire," an Israeli source told the Reuters news agency. | |
| Israel insisted that the patrol had not actually crossed into Lebanese territory. | |
| Lebanese officials said the Israelis were across the border. | |
| "An Israeli bulldozer crossed into south Lebanon tonight. Our forces opened fire at it. It pulled back and there was a brief exchange of fire," an army official told Reuters. | |
| Israel said the bombs discovered earlier in the week were recently planted by Hezbollah, in violation of the terms of the ongoing ceasefire. | Israel said the bombs discovered earlier in the week were recently planted by Hezbollah, in violation of the terms of the ongoing ceasefire. |
| Hezbollah has denied the charge, saying the bombs had been there since last summer's fighting. | Hezbollah has denied the charge, saying the bombs had been there since last summer's fighting. |
| The BBC's Simon Wilson, in Jerusalem, says the flare-up is serious, but not as serious as if the exchange of fire had involved Israel and Hezbollah fighters. | The BBC's Simon Wilson, in Jerusalem, says the flare-up is serious, but not as serious as if the exchange of fire had involved Israel and Hezbollah fighters. |