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title: "Tensions escalating rapidly on Lebanon-Israel border"
description: "The Israeli military has continued to uproot trees along the border with Lebanon, an activity which lead to a shoot-out yesterday, with five people dead as a result. Israeli officials have said that if Lebanese forces attack again, they will retaliate. Unifil, a UN organisation that monitors the border, say that the tree that caused yesterday's incident was in Israeli territory. Meanwhile, reporters have found blood stains on the ground near a camouflaged military bunker where the Israeli army claims that a colonel was shot by a sniper yesterday. This marks a serious escalation in tensions between the countries, and another Israeli - Lebanese war may be on the cards. Read more: The Guardian and Reuters"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-04-tensions-escalating-rapidly-on-lebanon-israel-border/"
published: "2010-08-04T13:52:03"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:01"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# Tensions escalating rapidly on Lebanon-Israel border

> The Israeli military has continued to uproot trees along the border with Lebanon, an activity which lead to a shoot-out yesterday, with five people dead as a result. Israeli officials have said that if Lebanese forces attack again, they will retaliate. Unifil, a UN organisation that monitors the border, say that the tree that caused yesterday's incident was in Israeli territory. Meanwhile, reporters have found blood stains on the ground near a camouflaged military bunker where the Israeli army claims that a colonel was shot by a sniper yesterday. This marks a serious escalation in tensions between the countries, and another Israeli - Lebanese war may be on the cards. Read more: [The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/04/lebanon-israel-tree-border-clash?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) and [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67253W20100804)

By Andy Rice · Published 4 August 2010, 15:52 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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