Israeli and Lebanese troops exchanged fire [originaltext] Israeli and Lebanes

Israeli and Lebanese troops exchanged fire in an incident that (2) broke years of relative calm on the border. There are conflicting accounts of what happened. (1) The Israeli army says its troops came under sniper fire during a routine operation on Israel’s side of the frontier. (2) An Israeli battalion commander was killed and another officer seriously wounded. Army spokesman Avi Benayahu told Israel Radio this was (2) an unprecedented provocation by the Lebanese Army and a blatant violation of ceasefire agreements.