: The real reason for the so-called former "security zone" inside Lebanon, the : high fence and Israelis armed to the teeth is to stop Palestinian refugees from : going home to their land. : The daily Star, 26June00 : http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ : Israeli border troops given live-fire order : Beirut and Amman condemn civilian shootings : Lana Captan : Daily Star staff : Israeli soldiers manning the border with Lebanon reportedly received orders on : Sunday to fire live ammunition at anyone attempting to cross the frontier. : The shoot-to-kill order came a day after Israeli troops shot and wounded four : Jordanians at the Fatima Gate in Kfar Kila in the worst violence since Israeli : forces withdrew a month ago. : “The Israeli Army reaffirms that it will prevent attempts at infiltration which : have increased recently, and will react, after warnings, as is required in this : type of situation,” an Israeli military spokesman said. : In addition to the new firing instructions, the Israeli Army has also demanded : an end to stone throwing by demonstrators on the Lebanese side of the fence, : Israel’s Army Radio said. : Tensions remained high at Fatima Gate on Sunday after an Israeli soldier was : lightly injured when he was hit in the head by a stone. : Around 1,000 Palestinian refugees were demonstrating at the gate at the time. : The Islamic League of Palestinian students in Lebanon hoisted Palestinian flags : at the gate and pelted Israeli Army vehicles with stones. : “We ask for the complete return to our homeland Palestine and stand against all : humiliating schemes and agreements,” said league president Raafat Harra. : The four Jordanians who were shot on Saturday were members of a 150-strong : professional trade delegation, including doctors, lawyers and architects, who : were attending a two-day conference Beirut on reconstructing the south. They : were wounded during a tour of the South. : According to Taher Shakshir, head of the visiting Jordanian delegation, the : crowd at the Fatima Gate was chanting anti-Israeli slogans. : “The Jewish soldiers behind the barbed wire suddenly turned their rifles toward : us and opened fire,” Shakshir said. : The Israeli soldiers were reportedly using a mixture of live ammunition and : rubber-coated bullets. Ali Abu Sukkar, secretary-general of the Jordanian : Engineers’ Union, was shot in the back and Ghassan Abul-Hajj, an engineer, was : shot in the leg. Rashed Rahman and Said Salah sustained light wounds. All four : were taken to Marjayoun Hospital and then to a Hizbullah-run hospital in Beirut. : They left for Amman on Sunday. : Both the Lebanese and Jordan governments were swift to condemn the : shooting.“Israeli aggression confirms Lebanon’s worries regarding the Israeli : enemy in the wake of withdrawal from the occupied zone,” President Emile Lahoud : said in a statement on Saturday. : Lahoud received Shakshir on Sunday to ask about the health of the wounded : Jordanians and thanked the delegation for its visit to Lebanon, which he said : was a show of support for reconstruction in the South. : Prime Minister Salim Hoss said that Israel “ignored international laws” and said : the incident should be placed “in the hands of the international community.” : Hizbullah condemned the shooting and issued a veiled warning. “We are following : up carefully the Israeli aggression. We know their purposes and aims. We know : how to deal with them with the necessary wisdom at the right time and under the : right circumstances,” the party said in a statement. : The Jordanian government said “the flagrant attack on defenseless civilians … is : unjustified under any pretext and sows suspicion about the honesty of Israel’s : intentions.” : Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Irshaidat summoned the head of the : Israeli diplomatic mission in Amman to request an “explanation and apology” for : the incident. : The Israeli Army claimed that men were seen attempting to climb the gate at the : border fence at Fatima Gate. Warning shots were fired in the air before a few : rounds were fired at their legs, the Israeli Army said. : A Lebanese engineer who attended the conference on Sunday, said that it was : unfortunate that the delegation was fired at when they were visiting the country : to support the Lebanese after Israel’s withdrawal. : According to a statement released by the Lebanese Order of Engineers and : Architects on Sunday, the “aggressive actions against the Jordanian brothers who : were in Lebanon to support us and celebrate with us after the withdrawal” should : be taken to the United Nations. : Since May 24, Lebanese and foreign tourists have visited the Fatima gate between : Kfar Kila and the Israeli settlement of Metulla. : Nine other civilians have been wounded along the border since the withdrawal in : May. with Agencies <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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