Hand glider prompts new Israeli-Hezbollah fire

An Israeli hang glider inadvertently floated into south Lebanon today, sparking renewed clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli troops as the guerrillas tried to grab him and the soldiers covered his dash back across the border.

The brief hostilities reflected the increased volatility in the area, two days after the worst cross-border clashes in years – violence that has been fuelled by tensions on another front: the disputes between Lebanon and Syria.