Three Israeli soldiers were wounded today when the armored personnel carrier in which they were travelling went over a mine north of Bhamdoun on the main Beirut-Damascus highway held by Israeli forces. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to hospitals in Israel. Israel radio said that Druze and Christian forces resumed their mutual shelling and firing in villages in the Bhamdoun area.
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