The Palestine Liberation Organization has reportedly agreed to withdraw its armed guerrillas from southern Lebanon.
According to reports Thursday from Sidon, the PLO will hand over its positions in and around the port city in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese army.
But it insists on maintaining an armed presence in the two large Palestinian refugee camps nearby, the reports said.
The agreement to redeploy some of its guerrillas comes as the Lebanese government, backed by the Syrians, tries to reassert control after year of war.
Israel is not certain whether PLO guerrillas from Sidon will be allowed to redeploy further south, from where they could launch attacks against Israel.
Should the guerrillas move further south, Israeli sources said it was possible the guerrillas might clash with the Israeli-financed South Lebanon Army that patrols Israel’s southern Lebanon security zone.
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