Hizbullah, Israeli army clash on Lebanon border

Gunfire erupted at Israel's border with Lebanon today as the Israeli army clashed with Hizbullah guerrillas for the second day…

Gunfire erupted at Israel's border with Lebanon today as the Israeli army clashed with Hizbullah guerrillas for the second day running in the worst violence there for six months.

Hizbullah said the Israeli army had opened fire but its forces did not respond.

Israeli troops patrolling near a post in the flashpoint Shebaa Farms area claimed two guerrillas involved in an attack which killed an Israeli officer yesterday were still in the area.

Israeli military sources added that it appeared that one guerrilla was killed and the body of another killed in fighting on Wednesday was found in the brush near the army base.

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Hizbullah was instrumental in ending Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon in 2000 and have skirmished with Israeli defence forces ever since.

The United Nations says Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon is complete and that the Shebaa Farms is Israeli-occupied Syrian land. Lebanon and Syria say the area is still an occupied part of Lebanon.

A UN resolution called last year for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and Hizbullah to disarm. Syrian troops pulled out in April under Lebanese and international pressure but the guerrilla group vowed not to lay down its weapons.