Haaretz Newspaper reports the Israel Defense Forces is closely monitoring the situation along the border with Lebanon though no eruption of hostilities is expected on this front, army chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Tuesday.Israeli officials have recently expressed apprehension over events in southern Lebanon which suggest that Hezbollah, the Shi'ite militia with whom it fought a war in the summer of 2006, is seeking to provoke another round of conflict.
"At the moment, there is quiet all along the border," Ashkenazi said adding, "There was an incident which to our understanding was an explosion of a weapons cache belonging to Hezbollah, which is being handled by UNIFIL and the Lebanese government."
"We view the event with gravity, but we do not anticipate a disruption of quiet in the area."
By Anshel Pfeffer and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and Reuters
Published by Mike Hitchen,
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