Israeli Troops Point Guns at Lebanese Army Border Post
Israeli soldiers on Wednesday pointed their weapons at a Lebanese Army post near the Fatima border gate as other troops opened fire towards a Lebanese citizen.
Twenty Israeli soldiers "loaded their individual weapons and pointed them towards an army post at the Fatima gate, hurling insults at its troops,” a Lebanese Army statement said.
The post's members “took the appropriate defensive measures,” the statement added.
Separately, Israeli troops stationed at the Roweisat al-Alam post in the occupied Kfarshouba Hills “threw a smoke grenade and opened fire towards a Lebanese citizen who was grazing his flock inside Lebanese territory, 150 meters from the Blue Line,” the statement said.
No one was hurt in the incident according to the Lebanese Army.
Last week, President Michel Suleiman asked Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over recent Israeli violations.
Israeli military aircraft violate the Lebanese airspace on near daily basis while manned patrols frequently cross the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line on the border between the two countries.
Several Lebanese shepherds have also been abducted by Israeli troops in recent months before being released shortly after interrogation.
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