Andrea Treneti, a spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, reports that a “serious shooting incident” is taking place along the Israel-Lebanon border.
It is not immediately clear whether anyone had been injured or killed and no one appears to know who was shooting at whom. Commanders from both sides were talking to the head of the UNIFIL mission to establish what happened.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that shots were fired late Sunday at a civilian vehicle traveling along the border near Rosh Hanikra. The statement continued, claiming that the sniper is a member of the Lebanese Armed Forces adding that an investigation of the incident is under way.
According to the Lebanese National News Agency, army troops opened fire on Israeli soldiers near the border.
UNIFIL has been in southern Lebanon since a 1978 conflict with Israel. Cross border fire has been rare since the Israel-Hezbollah war. However, in late August, the Israeli air force conducted a strike in Lebanon between Beirut and Sidon a day after rockets struck northern Israel according to the IDF. There were no casualties in that incident.
