Israeli forces killed two Arab terrorists in a brief clash near the Lebanese border today. Another terrorist was killed yesterday in an encounter with an Israeli patrol near the Jordanian border in the southern Negev. There were no Israeli casualties in either of the incidents.
A military spokesman said today’s skirmish occurred in the Har Dov region on the western slopes of Mt. Hermon when a unit on routine patrol came upon two terrorists who had infiltrated from Lebanon. The pair was killed after a brief exchange of fire. Explosives and other sabotage material was found on the bodies
The murder of an Israeli Bedouin tribesman in the Negev yesterday set Israeli units on the trail of a terrorist who had infiltrated from Jordan. He was located and killed in a brief encounter, the military spokesman reported.
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