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Eugene

(61,938 posts) Sun Dec 15, 2013, 08:22 PM Dec 2013

Israeli soldier killed in Lebanese sniper attack -military

Source: Reuters

Israeli soldier killed in Lebanese sniper attack -military

ROSH HANIKRA, Israel Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:10pm EST

(Reuters) - An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday when a Lebanese sniper opened fire in a normally quiet area of the border between the two countries, and a U.N. peacekeeping force said it was working with both sides to keep the incident from escalating.

Israel's military said in a statement that a sniper from the Lebanese Armed Forces had shot at an Israeli vehicle driving near the Rosh Hanikra border crossing.

Israel has lodged a complaint with the U.N. force in southern Lebanon and had heightened its state of preparedness along the border, spokesman Peter Lerner said.

"We will not tolerate aggression against the State of Israel, and maintain the right to exercise self defense against perpetrators of attacks against Israel and its civilians," he said.

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Mon Dec 16, 2013, 10:33 AM

Dec 2013

Source: Haaretz

Israeli army shoots two Lebanese soldiers on border

'Missing' Lebanese soldier surfaces after Israeli killed on border.

By Jack Khoury and The Associated Press | Dec. 16, 2013 | 12:40 PM

The Lebanese soldier who reportedly went missing after opening fire at an Israeli military vehicle Sunday night on the northern border, killing an Israeli soldier, has returned to his base.

The Israeli soldier who was killed, Master Sgt. Sholmi Cohen, 31, was a resident of Afula, according to the Israel Defense Forces. His family has been informed of his death and his funeral will be held in Haifa at 5 P.M. Monday.

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Hours after the incident, the IDF shot two Lebanese soldiers. According to IDF spokeswoman Lt. Libby Weiss, the shooting took place just after midnight Monday, when the Israeli forces identified "suspicious movement" along the border.

Weiss said the shooting occurred near where a Lebanese army sniper killed an Israeli soldier late Sunday. She had no details on the condition of the Lebanese soldiers.

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