- Title: LEBANON: ISRAEL CONTINUES SHELLING SUSPECTED HIZBOLLAH TARGETS
- Date: 3rd December 1995
- Summary: NABATIYEH AND BEIRUT, LEBANON (DECEMBER 3, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) NABATIYEH 1. GV SHELLS BOMBARDING AREAS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN (4 SHOTS) 0.35 2. SLV BUILDING WITH EXPLOSIONS VERY CLOSE TO THEM/ ISRAELI POST, EXPLOSIONS IN BACKGROUND (3 SHOTS) 0.45 BEIRUT 4. SV LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RAFIK AL-HARIRI AT G
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- Location: NABATIYEH AND BEIRUT, LEBANON
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- Country: Lebanon
- Reuters ID: LVANU6IVEYMSEQ9ORDQ5O6HJAG7
- Story Text: Israel kept up an artillery barrage on targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday (December 3), prompting a pledge from Hizbollah's leader that more bombardments would mean a resumption of rocket attacks on towns in northern Israel.
Sunday's shelling followed a week of stepped-up military activity on both sides.
On Saturday, Israeli deputy defence minister Ori Orr said it was possible that Israel would mount an operation to persuade Syria and Lebanon to stop attacks by Hizbollah guerrillas. He refused to elaborate.
Orr also said that, in effect, there was no peace process at present between Israel and Syria.
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Sunday that the Israeli threats meant Israel did not want peace.
"He who makes threats does not want peace, he who wants peace must withdraw from lands forcibly occupied," he said.
Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah also condemned the statement, adding that rocket strikes on towns in northern Israel would follow any Israeli attacks.
"The Israelis have to withdraw from land they occupied with no conditions. If the Israelis resume shelling villages and civilians then Hizbollah will respond by firing Katyushas (rockets) on settlements (in northern Israel).
More than four years of peace talks between Israel and Syria are stalled over the scope and timing of an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights they captured in the 1967 war.
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