Many of you are aware that tensions at the border with Israel have been rather elevated for the past few days. Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire, resulting in the deaths of at least one Israeli and 4 Hezbollah soldiers. Israeli planes have flown over Lebanon, even dropping anti-Hezbollah leaflets over Beirut and other cities and villages. Unfortunately, I didn’t get one.

However, today’s news brings something even more bizarre. There was more fighting between the 2 armies, but it centered around an Israeli civilian who supposedly accidentally drifted into Lebanon on a handglider. There are (few) details here. No explanation is given for why anyone would be hand gliding so close to the border of 2 countries who remain in a state of war, especially during a (not that uncommon) week of fighting. Competing for the Darwin Awards, maybe.