An Israel Defense Force patrol intercepted and killed three terrorists attempting to infiltrate Israel through the southern Lebanon security zone Saturday night, military sources announced Monday.
One of the terrorists was killed when the IDF spotted the gang and opened fire near Itrun village, in the central sector of the security zone. The other two fled and were killed in a brief gun battle later by pursuing soldiers. There were no Israeli casualties.
The would-be infiltrators were carrying Kalachnikov assault rifles, wire cutters, explosives, grenades and maps of Israel and Jerusalem.
In an unrelated incident Sunday, troops of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army killed three guerrillas of the Shiite fundamentalist Hezbollah militia who attempted to storm their position near Bint Jbail village in the security zone. There were no SLA casualties.
It was learned, meanwhile, that Israeli Arabs were the victims of a Katyusha rocket attack that demolished their home in a village in Galilee Saturday night. Five members of one family were injured, only one of them seriously, when the 122mm missile scored a direct hit. The military authorities have refused to name the village for security reasons, but apparently it is an Arab village.
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