Israeli raid in Lebanon disturbs Annan

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said an Israeli raid in Lebanon on Saturday violated the UN-backed truce and made him "deeply concerned."

"The secretary-general is deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities as laid out in Security Council resolution 1701," a spokesman for Annan said in a statement posted on the UN website. "The incident involved an Israeli raid in eastern Lebanon on Saturday."

Israel said the commando attack on a Hizbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon was defensive and was designed to disrupt weapons supplies to Hizbollah from Syria and Iran.

- REUTERS