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One IDF soldier was killed and another critcially wounded during an exchange of fire with Lebanese forces on the northern border on Tuesday.

Netanya-resident Lt.-Col. Dov Harari, (picture right and below) 45, a reserve battalion commander, died in the clashes.

Captain Ezra Lakia, from the village of Harif, was said to be critically injured.

Ashkenazi flies to northern border

IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.- Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi flew to the northern border Tuesday to oversee operations.

The IDF stressed that it had coordinated its crossing of the fence with UNIFIL, informing them of a need to carry out maintenance work across the fence but still within Israeli territory.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called on his country to "stand up to Israel's violation of UN Resolution 1701 - whatever the cost."

Resolution 1701 brokered the cease-fire which ended the 2006 Lebanon War.

"The Israelis fired four rockets that fell near a Lebanese army position in the village of Adaysseh and the Lebanese army fired back," a Lebanese security official in the area told AFP news agency.

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