BEIRUT, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces, said on Wednesday that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker expressed worries over the Lebanon-Israel border disputes.
"Schenker believes that the sequence of recent events in Lebanon is not reassuring," Geagea said following his meeting with the U.S. diplomat, the National News Agency reported.
Tensions have escalated in the past week between Lebanon and Israel after a series of airstrikes conducted on Aug. 24 by Israel Defense Forces in Syria, killing two Hezbollah fighters, followed by an attack on Aug. 25 by two Israeli drones on Beirut's southern suburbs.
The two incidents prompted Hezbollah to retaliate a week later by destroying an Israel military vehicle in Avivim, north of Israel.
Shortly later, Israeli tanks fired artillery shells toward Hezbollah posts near the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras, from which the missile was launched, according to the military.
Hezbollah leader has given several speeches since the incident while vowing to respond by all means to any attack against Lebanon.
