Special report: Israel-Lebanon conflicts
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UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli air
strike killed four United Nations military observers at their base in southern
Lebanon on Tuesday, the United Nations said.
"This coordinated artillery and aerial attack on a
long established and clearly marked U.N. post at Khiam occurred despite personal
assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that U.N. positions would
be spared Israeli fire," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a statement
issued at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Annan called on Israel to investigate the "apparently
deliberate targeting" of the base.
Meanwhile, U.N. spokeswoman Marie Okabe said at U.N.
headquarters in New York: "I can confirm that the four military observers that
came under attack in Khiam were killed in that attack."
In Jerusalem, an Israeli army spokeswoman said the
military was investigating the report. Enditem
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