Isreali Prime Minister is vowing to respond forcefully to missile attack from Hezbollah militants.
Benjamin Netanyahu made the remark after Israeli forces traded fire with the Hezbollah militants on the Lebanese border, which has so far left the death of at least 2 Israeli soldiers and a Spanish UN peacekeeper.
"In all of these events, our mission is to defend the State of Israel. Our only consideration is the security of the State of Israel and its citizens. Thus we have acted and thus we will continue to act."
The UN Security Council is to discuss the fighting at an emergency meeting called by France in New York.
The cross-border violence erupted when Israeli military vehicles were struck by anti-tank missiles in a tract of land where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet.
Hezbollah said it was retaliation for an Israeli air strike that killed 6 of its fighters and an Iranian Revolutionary Guards general in the Syrian Golan Heights 10 days ago.
