Lebanese villagers coming to Israel through the gap in the border fence have reported new terrorist attempts to infiltrate southern Lebanon and re-occupy the strongholds near the Israeli border that they abandoned when the Lebanese civil war broke out nearly two years ago. The villagers, including local Druze, indicated that they were resisting terrorist demands and were prepared to fight.
The terrorists are re-entering southern Lebanon with the apparent consent of Syrian forces which have been battling them until recently. A group of villagers from Nabatiyeh, north of the Litani River, reported that small bands of terrorists have arrived in that area after passing through Syrian army lines.
They said terrorist commanders tried to persuade local Druze chiefs to let them re-occupy the fields and caves near the Israeli border but the Druze refused. Reports from other sources said the Palestine Liberation Army and terrorist units were moving armored vehicles to points some 25 kilometers from the Israeli border.
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