ISRAELI TROOPS CROSS INTO LEBANON

Press TV

January 12, 2011 

 

Lebanon’s army say Israeli troops have once again breached the country’s sovereignty, crossing into the Lebanese territory and kidnapping a civilian.

A statement released by the Lebanese army on Wednesday said that an Israeli atrol has crossed into the southern village of Rmeish and abducted a Lebanese shepherd.

“In a flagrant assault on residents of southern Lebanon, enemy troops crossed the technical fence south of the village of Rmeish and kidnapped a Lebanese man, whom they took back into the occupied territories,” the statement said.

The army says it has contacted the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is tasked with monitoring the disputed Lebanon-Israel border, to free the Lebanese national identified as Sharbel Khoury, AFP reported.

The Israeli military, which frequently violates Lebanon’s airspace, territorial waters and border, has not yet commented on the incident.

The violations contravene United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.

The Lebanese government has submitted documentation to the UN proving that Israel has breached the provisions of the resolution on more than 7,000 occasions.