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Haaretz newspaper

France: IAF stops 'hostile' mock attacks on UN troops in Lebanon

By The Associated Press

BRUSSELS - Israel Air Force warplanes have stopped mock air attacks targeting European peacekeepers in Lebanon following a French government protest, French Defense Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie said Monday

"There is no more of that attitude - that is, an openly hostile attitude -like we had over a French vessel, a German vessel and the French ground forces, which caused a real danger of legitimate defense measures being
taken," Alliot-Marie told reporters at an EU meeting.

She repeated that French forces could have launched an "automatic defense reaction" after Israeli planes failed to identify themselves while flying mock bombing runs at peacekeepers.

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