Israel air force jets raided Palestinian terrorist bases in Syrian-controlled eastern Lebanon twice in 24 hours over the weekend.
The targets, hit last Thursday and again on Saturday, were headquarters and staging areas of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, an extremist terrorist group headed by Ahmed Jabril.
During the Thursday raid, Israeli jets hit bases in the Bekaa Valley, northeast of Lake Karoun, which is well behind Syrian lines.
Saturday’s targets were at Sultan Ya’acoub and Deir Zanoun, in the same region.
Observers suggested that the raids were intended to knock out the bases and to warn the Syrians not to allow Jabril to use territory under their protection to launch incursions against Israel.
Reports from Lebanon said one terrorist was killed and as many as six injured in Thursday’s raid. One of the injured was the base commander who uses the nom de guerre Abu Murad, Lebanese sources said.
They said the raid was carried out by four F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers, each firing six airto-ground rockets. All aircraft returned safely to their bases.
The attacks were the 14th and 15th Israeli air force raids on targets in Lebanon this year.
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