BEIRUT: Lebanon filed Wednesday a complaint at the United Nations against Israel over a recent border incident in south Lebanon, the National News Agency reported Wednesday.

The agency said Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry, through it representative in New York, submitted a complaint to the U.N. over the entry of an Israeli patrol on July 1, 2011, into Lebanese territory by a distance of 15 meters after it crossed the Wazzani River.

The Lebanese Army engaged in a brief confrontation with Israeli soldiers shortly after dawn Monday when an Israeli Army convoy crossed the Blue Line at Wazzani into Lebanon. The fight did not lead to any casualties.

The Foreign Ministry said the incident represented a violation and abuse of Lebanon’s sovereignty and to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, international law and the U.N. charter, and poses a threat the peace of the two countries.

UNSCR 1701 ended the 2006 July-August war between Lebanon and Israel and extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon, which monitors a cease-fire between the two countries.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams warned Tuesday incidents such as Monday’s exchange of fire on the Lebanon-Israel border could quickly turn into a war, as Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed Lebanon’s commitment to defend its sovereignty by all legitimate means.