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UN Security Council calls for restraint over Israeli-Lebanese border bloodshed

03 August 2010 21:06 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for "maximum restraint" over the bloodshed on the Israeli-Lebanese border, Ban’s spokesman said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.
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.
It was the most severe act of violence since a 2006 war in which 1,200 Lebanese residents and 158 Israelis were killed.
"The UN Secretary General is aware of the reports on the situation at the Israeli-Lebanese border. He is concerned over the incident calling on both sides maximum restraint," Martin Nesirky said.
Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, who chairs the 15-member UN Security Council in August, urged the sides to adhere the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that prohibits storing weapons at the Lebanese-Israeli border.
An unnamed western diplomat said the UN Security Council may hold an official meeting in the wake of the clashes.
Over the four years after the Israeli-Lebanese war in 2006, northern Israel saw several rocket attacks from Lebanese terrorist organizations while there were no cases of confrontation between the regular army forces of both countries.