Jerusalem (CNN) -- An initial U.N. investigation of a cross-border skirmish between Israel and Lebanon showed Israeli forces were on their own side of the border when Lebanese troops opened fire, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Wednesday.
An Israeli officer and several Lebanese soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire Tuesday across the volatile border.
"The U.N. announcement today clearly corroborates the Israeli version of events," said Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman in a written statement. "Our routine activity yesterday was conducted entirely SOUTH of the frontier -- on the Israeli side -- and that the Lebanese Army opened fire without any provocation or justification what-so-ever".
UNIFIL said, "The investigations are still ongoing" and the findings will be released after they conclude. CNN
