http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11206349.htmJERUSALEM, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Israel threatened Syria on Monday after Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon fired anti-aircraft shells that killed an Israeli teenager on Israel's northern border, but said it hoped to defuse tension through diplomacy.
Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Zeev Boim said Israel held Syria, the main powerbroker in Lebanon, responsible for Hizbollah's actions. snip
Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. special envoy for Lebanon, told reporters in Beirut: "We are appealing to all sides... to stop this type of potential escalation. Overflights should not take place over Lebanon."
He complained about the danger of anti-aircraft fire, which he said was "most of the time correlated to overflights".
Israeli warplanes bombed an anti-aircraft battery on the edge of a south Lebanon village on Sunday in retaliation for the Shlomi shelling. Israeli warplanes later flew over Beirut, breaking the sound barrier.
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