Cease Fire Holding...Sort Of

The cease fire went in Lebanon went into effect last night, but one Hezbo fanatic didn't get the memo:

A tense calm took the place of more than a month of bitter fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as guns were stilled at 8.00 A.M. Monday.

In the one incident that occurred Monday, IDF troops killed a Hezbollah man who had opened fire on them in southern Lebanon, hours after the United Nations-brokered truce took hold, but the cease-fire held.

In mid-morning, IDF soldiers shot dead the Hezbollah fighter, who sprang from a hiding place and opened fire at them. The clash took place near the village of Ghanduriya, in central south Lebanon.

Senior IDF officers said the incident fell within guidelines allowing for resort to weaponry. The guidelines allow troops to fire at Hezbollah members who pose a mortal and immediate threat. According to the officers, the Monday incident did not jeopardize the cease-fire.

Why would "senior IDF officers" even have to comment on this? Isn't it pretty clear that if some nut jumps out of his hiding place and shoots at you, you shouldn't need to pull out the rules of engagement to see if you're allowed to fire back?

One more martyr for Allah.