Aljazeera: Israel denies firing on German ship
Aljazeera Online: Thursday 26 October 2006, 1:12 Makka Time, 22:12 GMT
Israel has denied that two of its air force fighter jets fired over a German naval ship patrolling the Lebanese coast.
A report in the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper quoted a German junior defence minister as telling a parliamentary committee that two Israeli F-16 fighters flew low over the ship, firing twice.
The jets also activated infrared countermeasures to ward off any rocket attack, the paper said, in an advance release ahead of Thursday’s edition.
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