The Israel Defense Force killed two terrorists at the edge of the security zone in southern Lebanon Sunday. There were no Israeli casualties, a military spokesman announced.
The clash occurred when an IDF patrol surprised a band of armed terrorists attempting to infiltrate the security zone, apparently to plant mines and boobytraps on roads used by the IDF and the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army.
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