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The Israelis dangled a soldier over the Lebanese border today, to trim the hedges, or so they say. And an officer was killed by a Lebanese "sniper," say the Israelis. Reminiscent of the tractors in the Golan before the Six Day War… In his speech today, Nasrallah accuses Israel of killing former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Karon on the potential for catastrophe… Haaretz:
The violence apparently erupted over a move by Israeli soldiers to trim some hedges along the border…
Israel Defense Forces GOC Northern Command Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot …told Israeli media that "a routine operation was carried out during the afternoon near Misgav Am – an operation whose purpose was to trim some bushes near the border, in our [Israeli] territory. It was on both sides of the border but still within [Israeli] territory. Officers oversaw the operation from a permanent position. Sniper fire was directed at the officers, and two of them were wounded as a result."
