HAMBURG, OCT. 29, (BNA)--SEVERAL ISRAELI FIGHTER PLANES OF TYPE F-16 SURROUNDED A GERMAN HELICOPTER AGAIN ALONG THE LEBANESE SHORES IN THE SECOND INCIDENT OF ITS KIND.
GERMAN SOURCES SAID THAT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE WAS SURPRISED ON THIS INCIDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN ISRAELI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ HAD AFFIRMED TO HIS GERMAN COUNTERPART THAT ISRAELI FIGHTERS WILL NOT COME CLOSE TO GERMAN HELICOPTERS TAKING PART IN THE UNIFIL FORCES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE SOURCES STATED THAT SEVERAL INCIDENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE EVER SINCE THE GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIFIL FORCES. HSQ 29-OCT-2006 10:31