BEIRUT: Lebanon filed a complaint Wednesday at the United Nations against Israel over a 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 Monday’s entry of an Israeli patrol into Lebanese territory by a distance of 15 meters.

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.

UNSCR 1701 ended the 2006 summer 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 that 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.