Three Israeli soldiers were wounded when PLO forces opened fire on new Israeli positions in the area of the Beirut international airport south of the city, taken by Israeli troops yesterday. The army spokesman said that Israeli forces did not reply to terrorist breaches of the cease-fire in the Beirut sector, though fire was returned when the PLO shot at Israelis on the eastern sector.
The forward Israeli troops spent the day consolidating their new positions in the airport terminal building and at the northern end of the runway, which brings them only a few kilometers from the center of west Beirut, and about a mile from PLO headquarters. The Israelis stayed at the end of the runway as Lebanese troops who had been scheduled to take over from them failed to turn up, Israel Radio reported.
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