French soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) killed two terrorists and wounded a third last night in an exchange of fire with an armed group attempting to infiltrate an area just evacuated by Israeli troops. According to a report from the French contingent, its UNIFIL patrol challenged the infiltrators who opened fire. The patrol returned the fire inflicting casualties but sustained none itself, the report said.
In an unrelated incident today, two Senegalese soldiers were killed and one was injured when their jeep hit a mine near Bazouriyeh village east of the terrorist-held port of Tyre. The casualties were the worst suffered by a UNIFIL unit since the peace-keeping force took up positions in south Lebanon in March. Senegal contributed 650 troops to UNIFIL which now numbers 3000 soldiers, 1000 below its strength mandated by Security Council Resolution 425 of March 19.
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