UNITED NATIONS - Israel fired rifle shots into Lebanon on Tuesday morning but there were no injuries, the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon reported.
The shots hit a wall with an anti-Israeli slogan painted on it - a blue Star of David, which is the symbol on Israel's flag, with a clenched fist bursting from it. Above the star is the slogan "Divine Victory," a reference to Hezbollah militants' term for their 2006 war with Israel.
UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe called it "a serious incident" and a violation of the UN Security Council resolution that ended the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah war.
The Israeli military said Tuesday's shots were fired by accident and the incident would be investigated.
A Lebanese army statement said an Israeli patrol fired toward the Lebanese side near the village of El Adeisse. The statement said five bullets hit a wall about 20 yards (meters) inside Lebanon.
Preliminary findings from a visit to the site by a UN investigation team said at least two rifle shots hit the wall near the UN-drawn Blue Line along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
The UN peacekeeping mission, known as UNIFIL, "has protested to the Israel Defence Force," Okabe said.
- AP
Israel fired into Lebanon, says UN
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