An Israeli soldier, wounded in a Hezbollah guerrillas attack, is rushed to the Rambam hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa Wednesday June 29, 2005.

JERUSALEM, June 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Fresh fighting broke out Thursday between the Lebanese Hezbollah militia and the Israeli army in a disputed border area, Israeli military sources said.

    Israel Defense Forces troops exchanged fire with a group of Hezbollah fighters who crossed the Israel-Lebanon border, Israel Radio reported.

    One Hezbollah fighter was reported wounded in the fighting and there were no casualties reported on the Israeli side. The fighting was still underway, according to the radio.

    The clashes occurred the day after the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas bombarded an Israeli army post in the disputed Shebaa Farms area, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding three others, prompting Israeli retaliatory artillery fire and air raids.

    In the wake of the shootout, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman submitted a complaint to the UN Security Council regarding the escalating violence on the border, Israeli Army Radio reported early Thursday.

The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas bombarded an Israeli army post in the disputed Shebaa Farms area on June 29, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding three others. (Photo: xinhua/AFP)

    Hezbollah have carried out similar attacks against Israeli army positions on the Israel-Lebanon border since the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in May 2000.

    Hezbollah, a popular Lebanese armed group backed by both Syria and Iran, has spearheaded a guerrilla war that helped end 18 years of Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

    The Shebaa Farms bordering Syria, Lebanon and Israel remains disputed in status. The United Nations says Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon is complete and the Shebaa Farms is Israeli-occupied Syrian land. Lebanon, however, has claimed sovereignty over the area. Enditem