An unknown Sunni Moslem group in Lebanon has claimed credit for Saturday’s attempted seaborne raid on Israel, which was foiled by the Israeli navy.
A pro-Iranian group calling itself the Dawn Forces announced in Beirut that it lost two men in an encounter with the “Zionist enemy.”
That corroborated the Israeli report that at least two terrorists were killed when a Devora-class patrol boat chased and sank a motorboat carrying armed men off the southern Lebanon coast. The boat, a dinghy propelled by an outboard motor, was headed for Israel.
According to the Beirut announcement, another dinghy escaped with its crew.
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