VARIOUS: ISRAEL RETALIATES AFTER HIZBOLLAH GUERRILLAS ATTACK AN ISRAELI PATROL IN SOUTH LEBANON, KILLING ONE ISRAELI SOLDIER AND WOUNDING TWO OTHERS

Record ID: 355400

  • Title: VARIOUS: ISRAEL RETALIATES AFTER HIZBOLLAH GUERRILLAS ATTACK AN ISRAELI PATROL IN SOUTH LEBANON, KILLING ONE ISRAELI SOLDIER AND WOUNDING TWO OTHERS
  • Date: 7th December 1996
  • Summary: KFAR TIBNIT, LEBANON/ GIBOR AIRFIELD, ISRAEL (DECEMBER 7, 1996) (RTV ACCESS ALL) KFAR TIBNIT, LEBANON 1. GV'S OF ISRAELI SHELLS EXPLODING ON HILLSIDE 0.18 2. LV VILLAGE OF KFAR TIBNIT WITH SMOKE IN BACKGROUND 0.25 3. SLV EXTERIOR HOSPITAL 0.30 4. SV DOCTOR SEWS UP BOY'S WOUNDED HAND 0.45 5. SV MAN WITH WOUNDED LEG
  • Embargoed: 22nd December 1996 12:00
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  • Location: TIBNIT VILLAGE, SOUTH LEBANON/ GIBOR AIRFIELD, ISRAELI SIDE OF ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER
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  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA38KB4N1DUA6VPSPKNM79ZMCB5
  • Story Text: INTRO: Israel has retaliated after Hizbollah guerrillas attacked an Israeli patrol in south Lebanon, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding two others.

    Hizbollah (Party of God) guerrillas killed one Israeli soldier and wounded two on Saturday (December 7) in the bloodiest attack on Israeli forces in south Lebanon in nearly a month, pro-Israeli militia sources said.

    Israeli gunners responded by firing internationally banned anti-personnel shells at a village in the area, wounding six civilians, security sources said.

    The guerrillas set off a road-side bomb as an Israeli patrol was passing and fired Sagger missiles at the soldiers and a nearby post at Arnoun on the edge of Israel's south Lebanon occupation zone, sources with the Israeli-armed South Lebanon Army (SLA) militia said.

    They said one Israeli soldier was killed and two were wounded -- bringing to 25 the number of Israeli soldiers killed in south Lebanon so far this year, two more than last year's total.

    The bodies of the dead and wounded Israeli soldiers were taken to a field hospital at Gibor airfield close to the security zone.

    The wounded soldier was then flown to a hospital in Haifa for further treatment.


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