We do not know who started for real but for sure that the Israeli army attacked the Lebanese army first as the Lebanese official spokesperson stated that the Lebanese army stopped the IDF from cutting a tree in the Lebanese territories in return the Israeli army fired back with shelling the whole Adaisseh area leading to the injury of Lebanese officer. The Israeli snipers were targeting the Lebanese army and from few minutes ago the IDF has called in speakers the Lebanese to stop immediately in order to evacuate their injured. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed.Hezbollah is going to issue an official statement sooner.
The Israeli from their side claim that Katyusha rockets were launched first from the South. According to experts the IDF crossed many lines and broke many international laws. You can read more from Haartez about the Israeli view.
This is most dangerous Israeli attack since the war in 2006 according to the Lebanese. I believe the Israelis were underestimating the Lebanese army.
The UN has called the two parties to stop and at the same time the Lebanese president is blaming the UN.
This is provocation from the Israeli side comes in a very interesting time :
- Friday during the Arab summit we find that the IAF flying over the Lebanese skies.
- On Sunday Shimon Perez visited Egypt !!
- Yesterday Monday we got this enigmatic attack in Akaba and Eilat , Egypt officially stated that the rockets came from Israel.
- Today Nasrallah is going to speak.
- Earlier this morning the Lebanese army arrested an officer for spying.
More to come , refresh this post for more updates.
Updates :
- The Lebanese army announced that 3 of its soldiers have been killed and 4 have been injured.
- According to Al Manar station following Hezbollah a high rank Israeli officer was killed.
- The Lebanese artillery reached to the Israeli territories targeting an Israeli vehicle near an Israeli settlement.
- The Lebanese Akhbar newspaper reporter in the South has been badly injured.
- Hassan Nasrallah is going to speak tonight , also Michel Own will speak too.
- PM Saad El-Hariri currently in Sardinia has stated that the Israelis broke the security council 1701 resolution and Lebanon is going to report to the council
- There are civilian injuries in Lebanon
- Here is a photo from Adaisseh (Reuters)
Updates #2 :
- Israeli Police denied the news that there were rockets launched from the South of Lebanon.
- The Al Akhbar journalist Assaf Abu Rahal has passed away , he is the first reporter to fall in the line of duty during this escalation
- The Lebanese army is using light arms according to experts where Israel is using its heavy arms
- The Israeli shelling has not stopped but it is focusing on the LA positions and its surroundings.
- The Israeli choppers are seen at the Lebanese villages skies yet they have not opened their fires yet.
Updates #3 :
- The LA issued an official statement in its official website about the incident and according to that statement the IDF was warned by the UNIFIL when it entered the Lebanese territories which forced the Lebanese army to act. There is a new statement issued by the LA saying that the situation in the area is still critical.
- Al Manar TV reported was injured and transferred to the hospital yet his injuries are not dangerous.
- President Nabieh Barry of Lebanese Parliament has issued a strong official statement attacking Israel and accusing it of trying to sabotage the Arabic attempts to unify the Lebanese scene and Lebanon's stability
- The IDF denies that it has entered the Lebanese territories which does not make sense why it entered the Lebanese territories to get back its injured.
- Avigdor Lieberman has ordered Israel's envoy to the security council to report Lebanon for breaking 1701 resolution !! He is holding the Lebanese government's responsibility , Lieberman is the first Israeli official to address the matter
Updates #4 :
- The Southern Lebanese bow the UNIFIL forces for not protecting them against the Israeli aggression whether abduction of farmers or IAF missing around their skies.
- There is news that an Israeli chopper was attacked and three Israeli soldiers were injured.
- Hezbollah will not interfere as expected , it is much wiser and I think today we found out that there is a real Lebanese army.
- Egypt has officially commented on the matter ,with full support to Lebanon and its Lebanese army attacking the Israeli aggression on 1701 resolution
Updates #5 :
- Ok Israel claims that they did not start the clashes or the cut Lebanese trees in Lebanese territories , well check out these photos from Reuters
An Israeli soldier is seen on a crane on the Lebanese side on the Lebanese-Israeli borders near Adaisseh village, southern Lebanon, August 3, 2010. Israeli artillery shelled a Lebanese village Tuesday, wounding two people, after Lebanese Army troops fired warning shots at Israeli soldiers along the usually quiet but tense frontier, witnesses said. REUTERS/Stringer
Another photo from Reuters:
An Israeli soldier is seen on a crane on the Lebanese side on the Lebanese-Israeli borders near Adaisseh village, southern Lebanon, August 3, 2010. Israeli artillery shelled a Lebanese village Tuesday, wounding two people, after Lebanese Army troops fired warning shots at Israeli soldiers along the usually quiet but tense frontier, witnesses said. REUTERS/Stringer
So the Israelis actually trespassed the borders against the resolution 1701 whether it is crane or not , this is illegal
Of course these are not the most interesting photos of today showing how many international law the IDF has broken today because it seems that IDF has used as usual its favorite bombs : White Phosphorus
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Updates#6
- There is a national security meeting at the Lebanese Presidential Palace in Beirut at the same time in Jerusalem there is a cabinet meeting.
- After an hour or less Siyyad Hassan Nasrallah will address the Lebanese nation
- Michel Aoun said the following :
I am not surprised with the Israeli attack, but I am surprised with those who give Israel their trust
- More photos from Reuters showing the Israeli infiltration and how the UNIFIL warned the Israelis in vain
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The photos of the Lebanese front on the other hand are here along the footage which can bee seen in the Lebanese channels now.
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- There are news that two high ranks officers from the IDF were killed in the clashes.
- I have read in the news bar of Al Arabiya channel that the IDF claims that it was an isolated incident !!!!
- The IDF has issued the following in twitter :
IDF battalion commander, Lt. Col. Dov Harari (45), was killed by Lebanese Armed Forces' fire at Israel-Lebanon border
- The Lebanese people in the South are extremely angry from the UNIFIL , they escaped when they were needed by the people
- Here is the photo of late Lebanese journalist Assaf Abu Rahal of Al Akhbar Daily
- Also here are photos from the Lebanese front showing the injured.
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- Al Hariri had called Egypt , Turkey and France to make Israel stop.
Updates#7
- After hours of negotiations with the UNIFIL , the Lebanese and Israeli parties ceased their fire. According to some sources it was based on Israeli request.
- LAF has announced the martyrdom of 2 officers : Abdullah El-Tafaily and Robert El-Ashy
- El-Hariri has called Mubarak twice today and earlier this morning before the clashes the Egyptian Ambassador visited the Lebanese president.
- Sheikh Nasrallah will speak after one hour on air.
- Hezbollah has not yet address an official statement about today's event except a statement condemning the targeting of journalists in the clash