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Middle East
Northern Front: IDF-Hezbollah exchange of fire
2002-04-03
  • Israeli soldiers and Lebanese guerrillas exchanged fire for a second day in southern Lebanon, keeping tensions high as fighting continued in Palestinian territories. The guerillas in southern Lebanon and Israeli troops in the disputed Shebaa Farms area traded mortar fire before dawn, and both sides warned of further retaliation. Lebanese security officials reported no casualties. The exchange was "very limited and restrained," said Timur Goksel, spokesman for a U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.

    Increased skirmishes in the last week have raised the possibility of wider Arab-Israeli clashes outside the Palestinian territories, where fierce Israeli military operations are underway in the West Bank in response to a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. On Tuesday, Israeli jets fired rockets on suspected Hezbollah positions after the guerrillas fired mortars and rockets at Israeli positions in the Shebaa Farms.

    There has been no word on casualties in the recent Hezbollah-Israeli clashes. A Hezbollah statement issued said a funeral was planned later Wednesday for a member "who was martyred performing his duty of jihad (holy war)." But it did not say when or where his death occurred.
    This is intended to divert some forces from the West Bank. Hezbollah appears to have jumped in unasked. Note how effective the UNIFIL are.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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