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IDF Soldier Wounded, Two Terrorists Killed in Skirmish in South Lebanon

May 23, 1986
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An Israeli soldier was wounded and two terrorists were killed in a skirmish north of the south Lebanon security zone Wednesday, a military spokesman announced.

The spokesman said an Israel Defense Force unit encountered the terrorists during the continuing search for the persons responsible for firing Katyusha rockets into Upper Galilee on May 14, Israel

Amal, the Shiite Moslem militia, said in a statement in Beirut that three of its members were killed when IDF forces shelled and then searched three villages north of the security zone.

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