LEBANON: ISRAELI TROOPS SET UP NEW BOUNDARY LINE.

Record ID: 401232

  • Title: LEBANON: ISRAELI TROOPS SET UP NEW BOUNDARY LINE.
  • Date: 13th May 1978
  • Summary: 1. EXTERIOR MVS: Israeli troops placing stakes to build barbed wire fence. (4 shots) 0.30 2. MV: Israeli troops on tank stand guard. 0.35 3. MV: Israeli troops erecting barbed wire fence (2 shots) 0.50 4. MV: Ariel Sharon Israeli agricultural Minister with Israeli commanders PAN TO Palestinian held area. 0.58 5. CU: Ariel sharon looking t
  • Embargoed: 28th May 1978 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR EBL ES SAQI, SOUTH LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA8O8QQH1DXTK5UEWW65MUOBI7U
  • Story Text: Israeli forces have begun building new fortifications in South Lebanon after pulling back between two and seven kilometres (one and four miles).

    SYNOPSIS: The Israelis invaded South Lebanon a month ago and took control of almost all the south, up to the Litani River. Last Tuesday (11 April) they began to withdraw, following the arrival of several hundred United nations peace-keeping troops. But the withdrawal took the israelis only a short distance back and bulldozers have begun scooping out fortifications on a new boundary line. U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim is due to inspect the situation shortly and he is expected to express dissatisfaction at Israel's slow compliance with the Security Council's demand for complete withdrawal. Close to the newly dug trenches, Israeli soldiers have been stringing coils of barbed wire to mark the new frontline.

    The Israeli forces have been visited by their Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ariel Sharon, one of the Israeli Government's leading exponents of a "greater Israel."
    Norwegian soldiers of the United Nations interim force for Lebanon (Unifil) have set up an elaborate base camp on the israeli side of the line. Norwegian officers have reported that the area vacated by the Israelis has been visited by Palestinian guerrillas who chatted amicably with the U.N. soldiers. So far the peace-keeping forces' ability to resist Palestinian infiltration has not been seriously tested. One Norwegian officer told reporters he doubted the U.N. troops could hold back a determined Palestinian push. The UNIFIL Armament, mostly small arms, would be outmatched by the heavy weapons normally used by the guerrillas, he said
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