Tensions soared Tuesday when a Lebanese sniper killed a senior Israeli officer as Israeli forces pruned trees in a disputed border area.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

In Tuesday's incident, an Israeli battalion commander was killed by Lebanese sniper fire and another officer seriously wounded.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

There are conflicting accounts of what happened. The Israeli army says its troops came under sniper fire during a routine operation on Israel's side of the frontier.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03