An Israeli air raid Saturday on a terrorist base near Tyre is believed to have killed several high-ranking terrorists, according to sources in Lebanon.
Eight were described as officials of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine a terrorist organization headed by Nayef Hawatmeh. Four were senior officers of the pro-Syrian Amal militia.
They had assembled for a joint meeting of the two groups, the sources said.
The air attack put the Lebanese regular army on the alert and interfered with arrangements for a planned Lebanon peace parade, according to the Lebanese Defense Ministry in Beirut.
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