Lebanon was wracked by violence over the weekend in which 55 people were killed and 118 were wounded. The worst incident was in the ancient town of Baalbek in east Lebanon where at least 35 people were killed and 65 were wounded when a car packed with explosives went off in the town’s central market. Local sources said the toll might be higher as police continued to search the ruins of nearby houses.
In Tripoli, a car bomb exploded outside a mosque, killing 19 people and wounding 43. In Beirut, a young girl was killed and nine were wounded when a bomb exploded outside an apartment complex in the Christian area of the city.
An Israeli soldier was wounded in an ambush yesterday as he and another soldier were standing by the roadside near the Zaharani River some eight miles south of the Awali River where the Israel Defense Force is being redeployed. Two bazooka shells were fired at an Israel army position near Shouafat south of Beirut today. There were no casualties, the army spokesman an said.
An Israeli soldier who was wounded two months ago when he was shot in an an bush near Bahamdoun died of his injuries today. His death brought the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the war in Lebanon was launched in June, 1982, to 506, the army spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the army spokesman said he had no information about a Beirut newspaper report that Israel had captured two Syrian tanks and their crew when the tanks apparently lost their way in the Bekaa valley last Friday and passed into an Israeli-controlled area. Lebanese sources said the tanks were surrounded by Israeli troops and were forced to drive to a nearby IDF base, without a clash.
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