An Israeli raiding party last night attacked two jeeps carrying Palestinian terrorists along the Lebanese coastal road, north of Tyre, killing eight of the terrorists.
Israeli military correspondents, who were aboard missile boats cruising off shore, said the raiding party was given specific instructions not to fire its bazookas at civilians who were driving on the road. The Israelis went into action only when the jeep was positively identified as carrying terrorists, the correspondents said.
A young officer, who took port in the raid, said the Israelis were shot at from some points along the shore. But there were no Israeli casualties. Following the raid, which took only 10 minutes, the lights went out in several of the coastal villages.
Chief of Staff Gen. Raphael Eytan said after the raid that such actions will continue to prevent the terrorists from carrying out terrorist actions in Israel.
Meanwhile, a United Nations spokesman in Jerusalem said today that five Nigerian soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded last night in a clash with “unidentified armed elements.” He said a patrol of six Nigerians ran into an ambush less than a mile south of the Litani River. One of the Nigerians was hurt seriously and flown to a hospital in Haifa. The spokesman said UN headquarters in south Lebanon has assigned a special investigating team to try to establish the identity of the attacker.
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