Gunfire from Israel Hits UN Truck in Lebanon-UNIFIL

[Khephra]

KFAR KILA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Gunfire from Israel hit a U.N. water truck on the Lebanese side of the border on Monday, a U.N. official said, ratcheting up border tensions one day after Israeli planes bombed deep inside Syria.

"A UNIFIL water truck was hit by three bullets from the Israeli side," said the official from the U.N.'s peacekeeping force UNIFIL. "All our trucks are clearly marked," he told Reuters. He said there were no injuries but gave no more details.


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[Tinoire]

1. Un trucks, UN Personnel, Reporters, US citizens- no bid deal

They should all know better than to get in Sharon's way!

[sistersofmercy]

2. Water dispute, I smell Qana UN massacre.

Apparently, the Lebanese have dam something and you know who isn't happy about. Saw it on world link tv.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Din these guys get the "RoadMap for Peace" ??

Seems like they took a "Detour"

Oh yah - I furgot - the "Roadmap for Peace" came from the WH -

So we know how well THAT will work -

(sigh)

[Aidoneus]

4. so what actually happened today?

contradictions & denials are a fine feature, but there are some things that probably did happen, I haven't figured out the order yet.. :shrug:

Seems that in the first incident near the border on a road near Kafr Kila, the UN water truck was hit as well as at least one other car (Lebanese sources say a minivan and a sedan on the same road the UN water truck was hit) and a house in Kafr Kila--with no injuries. A Lebanese response (or provocation, depending on which denial is less a lie) to this killed an IDF soldier in Metula, which is on also on the border on the Israeli side near Kafr Kila; Israel claims Hizbullah fired at them here, though it could've been anybody with a firearm that heard what happened earlier.

Later in the day, the northern end of the Lebanese border village of Kafr Shuba to the northeast was hit with some sort of shell, perhaps in response to the IDF death--no casualties reported there.

Somewhere along the line a Lebanese boy in a village called Hula died from some sort of shell also, and his twin brother injured.

Everybody involved denies everything. :shrug:

[Voltaire99]

5. These shots were "essential"

Israel has a perfect right to defend itself from UN water trucks.

[Forkboy]

7. lol

[LivingInTheBubble]

6. They are just trying to defend themselves!

Against water toting crazies! ;)