Israeli air force jets bombed two terrorist installations in Lebanon on Tuesday, for the fourth time in two weeks.
The targets were described by a military spokesperson as local headquarters and ammunition dumps of terrorist groups. One was a base near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon used by Al Fatah, the military arm of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The other target, in the Damour area south of Beirut, was a base used by a pro-Syrian militia, the spokesman said. He did not elaborate.
The Israeli air force made similar strikes in Lebanon on Oct. 21, 24 and 26, following a sharp escalation in terrorism in the region.
Two weeks ago, a car-bomb attack on an Israeli patrol in the border security zone killed eight Israeli soldiers and wounded seven. Last week, Israeli forces in Lebanon arrested nine terrorists plotting attacks in northern Israel.
Tuesday’s raid also came two days after the firebombing of an Israeli passenger bus outside of Jericho. But defense sources have indicated that the perpetrators, who have been apprehended, were acting on their own and did not appear to have connections to terrorist organizations.
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