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The 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash occurred on August 3, 2010, between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF), after an IDF team attempted to cut down a tree on the Israeli side of the Blue Line, near the Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am and the Lebanese village of Adaisseh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Israel and Lebanon on alert after clash )〕〔(UN says trees causing clashes with Lebanon in Israeli side ), Xinhua August 4, 2010〕 A high-ranking IDF officer was killed and another wounded, when LAF snipers opened fire on an Israeli observation post after receiving authorization from senior Lebanese commanders.〔 IDF soldiers returned fire and responded with artillery shelling and airstrikes on Lebanese positions,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Israel and Lebanon on alert after clash )〕 killing two Lebanese soldiers and Al Akhbar correspondent Assaf Abu Rahhal.〔〔 and wounding five soldiers and one journalist. This was the most serious escalation on the border since the 2006 Lebanon War. The Lebanese Army asserted that it opened fire on Israeli soldiers to contravene the attempt of Israelis to intrude through the border of Lebanon in violation of the internationally recognized border between Israel and Lebanon.〔 Israel claimed that it only crossed over a fence on its side of the Blue Line.〔(UNIFIL says Israelis were in their territory, Beirut refutes claim ), Daily Star August 5, 2010〕 The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed Israel's position, adding that Israel had informed them of the border work beforehand.〔〔 Lebanon's Information Minister later stated that "the Blue Line is not the international border and there are areas south of the Blue Line that are Lebanese territory."〔〔 The United States condemned the Lebanese fire on Israeli soldiers as "wholly unjustified and unwarranted",〔(PM issues warnings to Lebanon, Hamas ), Jerusalem Post April 8, 2010〕 and in response to the incident the United States House of Representatives announced a suspension of aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Lebanon responded by saying that it would decline any military assistance from the United States that is conditioned on its agreeing not to use those weapons against Israel.〔(Lebanon says it will refuse military aid from U.S. that can't be used against Israel ) Haaretz August 12, 2010〕 == Background == In the weeks leading up to the incident hostile rhetoric was traded between the Lebanese (particularly Hezbollah) and Israeli sides in light of the reports suggesting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon would indict Hezbollah members. Following an impromptu visit to Lebanon by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Syria's Bashar al-Assad just days before the incident, various media in Lebanon and outside said the likelihood of sparking an outbreak of violence eased. Two days before the incident, however, Assad made a statement marking Syria's Army Day warning that "The spectre of real peace in the region is disappearing, and the possibility of war is increasing." There were conflicting reports as to which side provoked the firefight. The Lebanese Army claimed the conflict began when an Israeli patrol attempted to uproot some trees between the Lebanese villages of Adaisseh and Kfar Kila, while the Israel Defense Forces claimed that Lebanese snipers opened fire on an observation post inside Israel while Israeli troops were carrying out routine maintenance on the Israeli side of the border.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC News - Israel-Lebanon border clash kills five people )〕 UNIFIL confirmed the Israeli claim that the soldiers were inside Israeli territory when the clashes erupted.〔 According to an IDF spokesperson, "the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) fired at an IDF position along the Lebanese border in northern Israel. The soldiers were in Israeli territory, carrying out routine maintenance and was pre-coordinated with UNIFIL." Only then, the spokesperson said, did Israel return fire. The Israel Defense Forces released aerial footage that claims to show the IDF soldiers were standing in Israeli territory when fired on, and "did not cross the Lebanese border." United Nations representatives confirmed the photos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='IDF soldiers did not cross border' )〕 Israeli analysts speculated that a renegade commander sympathetic to Hezbollah may have ordered the attack.〔 Israeli soldiers also showed UNIFIL representatives the observation post they claimed had been fired on, which had bloodstains at the entrance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sniper's Hide - Long Range Shooting, Precision Marksmanship, Gear Testing & Reviews - Scout Front Page )〕 According to Lebanon army officials, Israeli soldiers crossed into Lebanon to uproot trees which according to Israel blocked their view and made surveillance over Lebanon border posts uneasy. A military spokesperson said that upon of overpassing of the border by Israeli troops the Lebanese border defence troops as of first procedure fired warning shots and requested the Israeli troops to cease their unsanctioned actions, however the Israeli troops immediately started a targeted fire on their position, forcing them to return fire in defense. A Lebanese Army official later officially confirmed that Lebanese troops had fired warning shots first, after the Israelis had crossed into Lebanese territory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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