Suleiman Asks Army, UNIFIL to Expand Probe into Israeli Infiltration
President Michel Suleiman urged on Thursday the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL leaderships to expand the investigation into the infiltration of an Israeli patrol into southern Lebanon.
Suleiman's request came in an attempt to study in detail the circumstances of the infiltration that took place early Wednesday to add the information to a complaint that Lebanese authorities plan to file with the U.N. Security Council.
The Lebanese army said Wednesday that a group of Israeli soldiers crossed the border into the southern area of Labbouneh near Naqoura and were wounded in an explosion which reports have said was caused by a landmine.
It called the incident a "new violation of Lebanese sovereignty" and said it was investigating the nature of the blast.
The communique said the Israeli troops reached as far as 400 meters inside Lebanon.
Lebanese officials said the infiltration was in violation of Security Council resolution 1701 that ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah.
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