Israeli Officer, Lebanese Soldiers Killed on Border
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Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchanged fire in the most serious border incident since a monthlong conflict in 2006, leaving an Israeli battalion commander, two Lebanese soldiers and a local journalist dead.
Another Israeli officer was critically wounded in the fighting, Major-General Gadi Eisenkot, head of Israel’s Northern Command, said on Army Radio. In addition to the Lebanese deaths, 15 soldiers and civilians from Lebanon were injured, said a Lebanese Army spokesman, who commented on condition of anonymity due to military regulations.