Hezbollah guerrilla killed in Israeli attack

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israeli helicopter gunships and tanks fired on Hezbollah guerrilla positions in southern Lebanon yesterday, killing one guerrilla, Lebanese security officials reported.

Hezbollah said two Israeli soldiers were killed in the cross-border exchanges, but the group’s al-Manar television station gave no further details. There was no immediate comment from Israel on its casualties.Israeli military officials insisted it was Hezbollah who started firing first, calling the shooting a “provocation.”But the Lebanese security officials said the Israelis were the first to shoot.The renewed fighting came amid heightened tension between Israel and Hezbollah along the border in southern Lebanon that followed a Beirut bombing on Monday that killed a veteran Hezbollah commander.Hezbollah blamed Israel for the assassination.- Nampa-APThere was no immediate comment from Israel on its casualties.Israeli military officials insisted it was Hezbollah who started firing first, calling the shooting a “provocation.”But the Lebanese security officials said the Israelis were the first to shoot.The renewed fighting came amid heightened tension between Israel and Hezbollah along the border in southern Lebanon that followed a Beirut bombing on Monday that killed a veteran Hezbollah commander.Hezbollah blamed Israel for the assassination.- Nampa-AP