Israeli troops shot dead two men on the Lebanese border after they crossed a wall that divides a village and separates the two countries.
| "Moshe, fire a warning shot over their heads... Ouch. That's gotta hurt. A little higher next time, Moshe." |
The shootings took place in the village of Ghajar on Tuesday. It is one of the most serious incidents along the border for some months. A Lebanese police source in Beirut told reporters that several shots were fired at around 17:15 - but he could not give the names of the victims. Neither the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon nor a spokesman for the Shia resistance group Hezbollah were prepared to comment on the incident. Ghajar, at the bottom of Mount Hermon, straddles the Israeli-Lebanese border and is inhabited mainly by Alawites, most of whom have obtained Israeli citizenship even though they consider themselves Syrian. |