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Summary Witnesses said that Israeli military was building a wall along the U.N.-designated Blue Line.
Israel began building a wall along part of its border with Lebanon on Monday, according to witnesses in Kfar Kila, a village on the Lebanese side of the border.The witnesses saw Israeli soldiers removing the barb wire near the United Nations-designated Blue Line, and there were two bulldozers on the Israeli side.Israeli media reported last week that Israel was planning to build a 2-km long and 10-meter high wall between Kfar Kila and Metulla on the Israeli side.On Sunday (April 29) U.N. peacekeepers installed a tarp on the construction site, the witnesses said.Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah fought a 34-day war in Lebanon in 2006, after which some 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers were deployed in the area to monitor the truce. In that war, 1,200 Lebanese were killed - mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis - mostly soldiers.Israel says the purpose of the wall is to protect the town of Metulla.
