LEBANON: PLO AGREES TO ALLOW LEBANESE TO DEPLOY PEACEFULLY IN SOUTH LEBANON AND SIX DAY OFFENSIVE ENDS

Record ID: 350023

  • Title: LEBANON: PLO AGREES TO ALLOW LEBANESE TO DEPLOY PEACEFULLY IN SOUTH LEBANON AND SIX DAY OFFENSIVE ENDS
  • Date: 4th July 1991
  • Summary: MIYEH MIYEH/SIDON, LEBANON (JULY 4) MIYEH MIYEH 1. SV ZOOM OUT LEBANESE ARMY TROOPS FIRING FROM TANK ON PALESTINIAN POSITIONS INSIDE CAMP 0.06 2. GV SOLDIER FIRING INTO BUILDING, TANK FIRING 0.17 3. GV ZOOM OUT PAN MORTAR BEING FIRED 0.23 4. SVS/CU TROOPS SHOWING CAPTURED WEAPONS (3 SHOTS) 0.32 SIDON 5. GV ZOOM IN UNCOVERING BODY OF DEAD PALESTINIAN GUERRILL
  • Embargoed: 19th July 1991 13:00
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  • Location: MIYEH MIYEH/SIDON, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6Z5L2LG7OZI89EW78M91SZO9U
  • Story Text: MIYEH MIYEH/SIDON, LEBANON

    The PLO and Lebanon agreed on Thursday (July 4) to allow the Lebanese army to deploy peacefully in south Lebanon and end fighting between them, a government minister said.

    Two government ministers met five PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) political and military leaders in Sidon, 40 km (25 miles) south of Beirut and discussed civil and social rights for Palestinians in Lebanon.

    Fighting around the Miyeh Miyeh and Ain al-Hilweh refugee camps stopped shortly before the talks began. The guns fell silent for the first time since thousands of troops went into action on Monday (July 1) against Palestinian strongholds in the south.

    About 10,000 troops were deployed east of Sidon as tanks and artillery pounded Miyeh Miyeh early on Thursday and then thrust about 80 yards (metres) into the camp and seized five buildings from outgunned and outnumbered PLO guerrillas.

    Security sources said at least four people were killed and 11 wounded as shells and rockets hit Sidon and both camps during the night. It brought the known toll since Monday to 65 dead and 104 wounded.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - MAHMOUD MAHFOUZ</strong>
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