[Ha'aretz] Yoav Stern - Incorrectly marked IDF maps may have caused the deaths of four UN troops in an IAF air strike on July 26 in Lebanon, an Israeli government report to the UN revealed on Thursday. Prime Minister Olmert had expressed his condolences to UN Secretary-General Annan and had promised to investigate the event. The air strike was meant to hit a Hizballah stronghold 180 meters from the UN outpost at Al-Hayam.
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