Is that the whole story? BBC anti-Israel bias story

The BBC's report on Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing of a 'cheering crowd in southern Lebanon, close to the Israeli border.' Apparently 'Ten thousands of people waved Iranian, Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as he spoke in a stadium in Bint Jbeil.'

There is plenty of comment on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon and the implications and politics of this visit, so I won't comment.

What struck me was this line

'The border area between Lebanon and Israel is rarely without tension. In August, two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli army officer were killed in a clash sparked by the trimming of a tree on the Israeli side of the frontier.'

'a clash', people killed on both sides; how very even-handed. Note that the Israeli death is mentioned last although it happened first. But is that line an accurate report of what actually happened? You can read the sequence of events ion my blogs at that time: here, here, here, here and here. It is this last posting that included extracts from UNIFIL's report in this incident that concluded that:

'Israel had operated within its own borders when Lebanese sniper fire targeted Israeli soldiers. The IDF had been pruning a tree that each side claimed to be within its own territory, when the Lebanese army used live fire towards the IDF force operating in the area, killing a senior officer, and provoking an exchange of fire.... Hungarian diplomat and UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strungar noted that, “the IDF had coordinated the pruning work along the border with the Lebanese Army through UNIFIL. The IDF had informed UNIFIL that it would be pruning a tree on the northern side of the border fence, but south of the international border line.” .... IDF senior officer Lt. Col. (res.) Dov Harari was shot and killed when Lebanese forces began to open fire, and IDF Officer Capt. Ezra Lakia was severely injured during the incident. Two LAF soldiers and one Lebanese journalist were also killed in the ensuing exchange of fire. '

So what would have been a more truthful way of reporting that incident?
To remind you, the BBC original line went thus:

'The border area between Lebanon and Israel is rarely without tension. In August, two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli army officer were killed in a clash sparked by the trimming of a tree on the Israeli side of the frontier.'

I would suggest that it should read thus:

'The border area between Lebanon and Israel is rarely without tension. In August Lebanese snipers opened fire at Israeli troops who were trimming a tree on the Israeli side of the border as previously notified to UNIFIL. One Lebanese sniper shot and killed a senior Israeli army officer who was observing the pruning. Israeli soldiers returned fire causing the death of two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist.'

Slightly longer but a lot more accurate and presenting the deaths in order of time, not order of the importance the BBC place on lives...