Annan: Israeli Raid Violates Cease-Fire
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By SAM F. GHATTAS
Aug 19, 7:24 PM (ET)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep in Lebanon on Saturday, engaging in a fierce gunbattle that left one Israeli officer dead and two soldiers wounded. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the operation a violation of the 6-day-old cease-fire brokered by the United Nations.
Israel said the raid - launched to stop arms smuggling from Iran and Syria to the militant Shiite fighters - left one Israeli officer dead and two soldiers wounded.
There were no signs of further clashes, but the flare-up underlined worries about the fragility of the cease-fire as the U.N. pleaded for nations to send troops to an international force in southern Lebanon that is to separate Israeli and Hezbollah fighters.
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060819/D8JJPRIG0.html
By SAM F. GHATTAS
Aug 19, 7:24 PM (ET)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep in Lebanon on Saturday, engaging in a fierce gunbattle that left one Israeli officer dead and two soldiers wounded. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the operation a violation of the 6-day-old cease-fire brokered by the United Nations.
Israel said the raid - launched to stop arms smuggling from Iran and Syria to the militant Shiite fighters - left one Israeli officer dead and two soldiers wounded.
There were no signs of further clashes, but the flare-up underlined worries about the fragility of the cease-fire as the U.N. pleaded for nations to send troops to an international force in southern Lebanon that is to separate Israeli and Hezbollah fighters.