Act of War: Lebanese used Delay to Prepare Ambush

Act of War: Hezb'Allah Fires Upon, Kills Israeli Defense Force Soldiers -- Calls Media for Cover

It's horrible enough that Jewish soldiers are slaughtered by the Hezb'Allah (party of Allah), but it is debased and depraved that the Muslim terrorist army planned the act of war in advance, and dispatched journalists to the area to ensure that cameras were present at the site to record any measure of self defense by the tiny Jewish state -- knowing that the anti-semitic media and an Obama-led world would demonize the Jews.

Think about that.

Lebanese Army Sniper Kills Israeli Commander in Border "Ambush"
An Israeli army spokeswoman told BBC that two Israeli officers had been attacked by "snipers from the Lebanese armed forces" in a "well-planned ambush" during maintenance operations on Israel's side of the border. The head of Israel's Northern Command, Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, said the officers had been standing between 300 and 400 meters from the border, observing Israeli soldiers removing bushes near the border fence, when "sniper fire was directed at their position." Lt.-Col. Dov Harari, 45, was killed and an Israeli captain was "critically wounded." Israel responded with artillery and helicopter fire. The Lebanese army said three of its soldiers had been killed and four wounded. (BBC News)
See also IDF: Presence of Cameramen, Journalist s Proves It Was a Planned Ambush
Journalists and photographers were briefed in advance of the intention to ambush IDF troops and even broadcast trucks were present at the scene of Tuesday's deadly clash, IDF officials charge. A correspondent for the Hizbullah-affiliated Beirut daily al-Akhbar was killed and another from Hizbullah's al-Manar television was wounded in the Israeli response. "If this incident was not planned in advance, why did field commanders in the Lebanese army bother to dispatch journalists to the area and ensure that cameras were present at the site?" one IDF official said. (Ynet News)
See also Report: Lebanese Used Delay to Prepare Ambush
The Lebanese Army took advantage of the fact that the IDF delayed by several hours maintenance work near the Lebanese border on Tuesday in order to plan and prepare an ambush on IDF forces, a sen ior official in Jerusalem told Israel Radio on Wednesday. The IDF told UNIFIL at 6 a.m. on Tuesday that they planned to do maintenance work at 9 a.m. UNIFIL requested that the IDF delay the work until 11 a.m. UNIFIL relayed the IDF's plans to the Lebanese Army and the Lebanese used the extra time to prepare an ambush and to invite journalists and photographers to the site. (Jerusalem Post)
See also Lebanese Army Confirms It Fired First - Hanan Greenberg (Ynet News)
See also UNIFIL Confirms IDF Claims - Yaakov Katz
A UNIFIL official in southern Lebanon confirmed Wednesday that the IDF informed the organization of its intention to conduct routine maintenance work Tuesday in the area between Israel's border fence and the international border. "I can confirm that we received n otification from the IDF about the work and we passed the information on to the Lebanese Army," said the Hungarian diplomat who is part of the UNIFIL force. (Jerusalem Post)
See also UN: Tree in Lebanon-Israel Clash Was in Israel - Bassem Mroue
Lt. Naresh Bhatt, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, UNIFIL, said Wednesday they have determined that a tree being cut down by Israeli forces which was at the center of deadly clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border was in Israeli territory. (AP-Washington Post)
See also Aerial Photograph Shows IDF Operating in Israeli Territory
The IDF was operating within Israeli territory, as seen in this aerial photograph. Neverthel ess, Reuters and, initially, the Associated Press wrongly stated the location of the incident. (Honest Reporting)