Israel Complains Over Lebanese Border IncidentsIsrael has lodged over 40 complaints with the United Nations of disturbances from the Lebanese side of the border over the past week, urging the U.N. and the Lebanese government to take actions to maintain security along the border.In the incidents which included stones and rocks hurling from the Lebanese side of the border, both civilian and military equipment of Israel was damaged and lives were endangered, the army said in a statement. The army blamed the Lebanese government for doing nothing to prevent the incidents, the statement added. The army did not say what actions it will take to stop such incidents, but urged the U.N. and the Lebanese government to take immediate actions to maintain security along the border. Israel completed its troop withdrawal from south Lebanon on May 24, ending its 22-year military occupation of south Lebanon. The United Nations' mapping experts have completed its border delineation recently, but disputes still remain between the Lebanese and Israeli sides over certain sections of the border. Thousands of Lebanese visited south Lebanon after Israel's pullout, and small incidents occurred near the border as some of them threw stones at the Israeli soldiers who sometimes fired warning shots into the air. |
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