- Title: LEBANON: AFTERMATH OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE AGAINST TARGETS NEAR SIDON
- Date: 12th January 1987
- Summary: JANUARY 12, NEAR SIDON, LEBANON 1. GV RAID AFTERMATH, GENERAL DESOLATION. 0.06 2. GV MAN LOOKING AT DIGGER IN RUBBLE. 0.19 3. GV RUBBLE (3 SHOTS) 0.42 4. GV RESCUE SERVICES AND GUERILLAS. 92 SHOTS) 1.00 Initials ISRAELI RAID Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 27th January 1987 12:00
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- Location: NEAR SIDON, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA7Y2SU5QROC9UN6CN997RY0M2A
- Story Text: NEAR SIDON, LEBANON
THREE PALESTINIAN MILITIAMEN WERE REPORTED KILLED AND AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE WOUNDED WHEN ISRAELI JET FIGHTERS STRUCK TARGETS NEAR LEBANON'S SOUTHERN PORT CITY OF SIDON ON JANUARY 12. LEBANESE SOURCES SAID THAT FIVE ISRAELI AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED ROCKETS THROUGH FIERCE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, STRIKING POSTS APPARENTLY USED BY PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANISATION (PLO) AND THE PRO-IRANIAN HIZBOLLAH (PARTY OF GOD) NEAR MAGHDOUSHEH VILLAGE. ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMEN INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BUILDING USED BY PALESTINIANS AS A WEAPONS STOREHOUSE. ON JANUARY 13, ISRAELI AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY RAIDED PALESTINIAN GUERILLA POSITIONS IN SYRIAN-CONTROLLED EASTERN LEBANON, THE FOURTH STRIKE ON LEBANON WITHIN TEN DAYS, BUT ONLY THE SECOND IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY SINCE OCTOBER, 1985. THE PRECISE TARGET LOCATIONS WERE NOT REVEALED, BUT WESTERN OBSERVERS SAID THE STRIKE, IN SYRIAN-CONTROLLED TERRITORY, WOULD INCREASE TENSION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA. NO CASUALTY FIGURES FOR THE JANUARY 13 STRIKE WERE RELEASED, BUT ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THAT ALL ITS AIRCRAFT RETURNED SAFELY.
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