"A soldier got out of his vehicle and deliberately fired at the wall bearing the inscriptions," an army spokesman said, explaining that five bullets had hit the wall in the village of Aadaisseh, some 20 metres (yards) from the border.
The mural shows the "hand of resistance," a reference to the Shiite Muslim group that fought a devastating war with Israel in 2006, plunging a stake through a Star of David.
An inscription refers to the "divine victory," a slogan created by Hezbollah to tout claims that it had beaten Israel in the 34-day war.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said "a soldier mistakenly fired his rifle" and that the military was "investigating the incident in order to prevent similar events in the future."
A statement by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) qualified the incident as "serious" and said a probe was underway.
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An Israeli army spokeswoman said "a soldier mistakenly fired his rifle" and that the military was "investigating the incident in order to prevent similar events in the future."
ReplyDeleteThis excuse has been used so many times already its ludacris.
They are always investigating and looking good on paper, but their military aggression exposes their natural intentions.