Three Israel Defense Force soldiers were wounded, none seriously, in a clash in the eastern sector of south Lebanon Tuesday night in which two terrorists were killed.
Military sources said the incident occurred when an IDF patrol spotted what its commander described as apparent infiltrators moving with stealth near Shouba village in the foothills of Mt. Hermon. The patrol opened fire and fire was returned causing the casualties. Equipment and food supplies found near the bodies of the dead men indicated that they were on either a terrorist or an intelligence-gathering mission.
The sources said IDF units have recently foiled several infiltration attempts by the Syria-supported Palestine Liberation Organization dissidents led by Abu Moussa.
Meanwhile, the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA) reported Thursday that five of its men were wounded in a clash with terrorists Thursday morning and three of the wounded were kidnapped. The casualties occurred when an SLA post east of Jezzine came under heavy mortar fire. One of the attackers was killed in the exchange of fire. He is believed to be a member of Hezbollah, the extremist Shiite Moslem militia linked to Iran.
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