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IDF Changes Approach to Lebanese Army
(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - The Israel Defense Forces has changed its approach to the Lebanese army after the exchange of fire on Israel's northern border last week. Brig.-Gen. Yossi Heiman, head of the Division for Strategic Planning and Foreign Relations in the IDF Planning Directorate, told the Lebanese chief of staff as well as senior UNIFIL officials that Israel would respond harshly to all aggressive moves. Until the incident, Lebanese soldiers were considered to be contributing to stability together with UNIFIL. Despite the state of war between the countries, the IDF would hold regular meetings with senior Lebanese officers via UNIFIL. Now, however, the IDF is accusing the Lebanese army of "treachery" after the incident in which an IDF commander was killed and another officer was severely wounded by a Lebanese army sniper.