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Russia concerned over Israeli-Lebanese border skirmish - Foreign Ministry

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Russia is highly concerned over the bloodshed on the Israeli-Lebanese border, a spokesman for Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Russia is highly concerned over the bloodshed on the Israeli-Lebanese border, a spokesman for Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, a bloody skirmish which saw Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchanging fire along the northernmost section of the border killed a senior Israeli officer and four Lebanese, including three servicemen and a journalist.

"Russia calls for all sides to adhere strictly to the armistice proclaimed by the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 [that prohibits among other things the storing of weapons at the Lebanese-Israeli border],"the ministry said in the statement.

In the four years since the Israeli-Hezbollah war in 2006, northern Israel has seen several rocket attacks by Lebanese-based terrorist organizations, but there have been no cases of confrontation between the regular army forces of both countries.

MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti)

 

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