LEBANON: ISRAELI JETS AND ARTILLERY TARGET SOUTH LEBANON/ FUNERAL HELD IN BEIRUT FOR TWO HIZBOLLAH FIGHTERS KILLED IN AMBUSH

Record ID: 400009

  • Title: LEBANON: ISRAELI JETS AND ARTILLERY TARGET SOUTH LEBANON/ FUNERAL HELD IN BEIRUT FOR TWO HIZBOLLAH FIGHTERS KILLED IN AMBUSH
  • Date: 21st September 1996
  • Summary: BEIRUT AND IQLIM AL-TOUFAH, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 21, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) ** QUALITY AS INCOMING ** IQLIM ALTOUFAH, LEBANON 1. GV OF SHELLS HITTING IQLIM ALTOUFAH HILLS AND OUTSKIRTS OF NEARBY VILLAGE WITH AUDIO OF JETS (6 SHOTS) 1.04 BEIRUT, LEBANON 2. TV OF HIZBOLLAH FUNERAL FOR TWO OF ITS FIGHTERS WHO WERE
  • Embargoed: 6th October 1996 13:00
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  • Location: BEIRUT AND IQLIM AL-TOUFAH, LEBANON
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  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA49S25MEM1VA180AA4OCMF18OJ
  • Story Text: INTRO: Israeli jets and artillery have again blasted suspected Hizbollah targets in south Lebanon.

    A funeral has been held in Beirut for two Hizbollah fighters killed in an ambush on Thursday.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- Israeli warplanes rocketed suspected Hizbollah targets in south Lebanon on Saturday (September 21) after its guerrillas attacked Israeli forces there.

    The jets fired several rockets in four attacks on hills in Iqlim al-Toufah ridge which is controlled by pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerrillas north of Israel's south Lebanon occupation zone.

    In Israel, the army said in a statement that an officer was wounded in an attack by Hizbollah (Party of God) guerrillas.

    In Beirut, Hizbollah claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying its fighters rocketed two tanks and attacked the Sojoud and Beir Kallab posts.

    On Thursday, Israeli jets raided Iqlim al-Toufah in the hills and artillery bombarded the area, including Hizbollah-held villages there, in retaliation for a Hizbollah attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded eight.

    Hizbollah (Party of God) fighters are battling to oust Israeli forces from a 15-km (nine-miles)-deep zone they have occupied in south Lebanon since 1985.

    In Beirut, a funeral was held for two Hizbollah fighters killed in an ambush on Thursday (September 19).

    Hizbollah militants killed the two Israeli soldiers and wounded eight others in an ambush on Thursday in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon. Israel said three Hizbollah fighters were also killed in the clash.


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