Blurring the Blue Line

We were surprised to see a report on Sky News concerning an exchange of fire between Lebanese army and IDF forces along the Blue Line. Sky writes, “According to Israel’s army radio, Lebanese army troops fired on Israeli forces as they scoured a border area for explosives.” Sky then directly quotes a Lebanese army spokesman who claimed:

“An Israeli bulldozer crossed into south Lebanon.”

However, Sky ignored a UNIFIL spokesman who contradicted the Lebanese allegations:

Liam McDowell, a spokesman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, said the exchange was initiated by the Lebanese army and that the Israeli bulldozer had crossed the border fence, but not the Blue Line, to clear mines.