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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
UNIFIL Confirms its Support of IDF Account of Lebanese Border Attack

UNIFIL announced the completion of its investigation of the LAF attack on
IDF forces along the Lebanese border in the beginning of the month of
August, confirming its preliminary conclusions

Nessim Boucai IDF 25 August 2010 , 19:09
http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/08/2501.htm

UNIFIL announced today (Wednesday, August 25) that it had completed its
investigation of the August 3rd incident that occurred between the Lebanese
Armed Forces and the Israel Defense Forces, and verified its preliminary
conclusions that Israel had operated within its own borders when Lebanese
sniper fire targeted Israeli soldiers. The IDF had been pruning a tree that
each side claimed to be within its own territory, when the Lebanese army
used live fire towards the IDF force operating in the area, killing a senior
officer, and provoking an exchange of fire. UNIFIL announced that while
"both the LAF and IDF cooperated fully with the UNIFIL team during the
investigation", their completed report "confirms the preliminary
conclusions" in which UNIFIL had determined that the tree in question was
located inside Israel's border.

The preliminary conclusions had emphasized that the "trees being cut by the
Israeli army were located south of the Blue Line on the Israeli side", as
stated by UNIFIL military spokesperson Lt. Col. Naresh Bhatt following the
event. Moreover, as explained to Israeli Army Radio the day following the
event, Hungarian diplomat and UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strungar noted that,
"the IDF had coordinated the pruning work along the border with the Lebanese
Army through UNIFIL. The IDF had informed UNIFIL that it would be pruning a
tree on the northern side of the border fence, but south of the
international border line."

Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas said in today's
statement that, "UNIFIL's investigation report is a result of a professional
and impartial work. It is based on the facts and all the evidence available
to UNIFIL at this stage. We hope this report will assist the parties to
prevent the reoccurrence of such a serious and tragic incident. I emphasized
to both sides that the incident of August 3rd, 2010 must remain an isolated
event."

IDF senior officer Lt. Col. (res.) Dov Harari was shot and killed when
Lebanese forces began to open fire, and IDF Officer Capt. Ezra Lakia was
severely injured during the incident. Two LAF soldiers and one Lebanese
journalist were also killed in the ensuing exchange of fire. Link to file :

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