Israeli troops this morning uprooted trees along the border with Lebanon where deadly clashes had erupted the previous day when the Jewish state tried to carry out the same operation, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

The troops were seen using a crane that reached over a fence in a disputed border area near the village of Adaysseh and uprooting trees that were then thrown inside Israeli territory.

The same operation yesterday sparked a deadly border battle that killed two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist as well as a senior Israeli officer.

The Israelis apparently proceeded with the operation as the trees blocked their view into Lebanon.

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