DATE=3/14/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=ISRAEL / LEBANON (S)
NUMBER=2-260156
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL
DATELINE=JERUSALEM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: Israeli warplanes have bombed suspected
guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon following a
series of attacks on Israeli and allied militia
posts. V-O-A Correspondent Meredith Buel reports
from Jerusalem.
TEXT: Israeli jets fired two missiles at targets
near the central sector of the Israeli-occupied
security zone in southern Lebanon.
The air strikes came shortly after guerrillas
attacked four military outposts manned by Israeli
soldiers and militia members of the South Lebanon
Army.
The militia is trained and financed by the
Israeli military and helps defend the 15-
kilometer wide buffer zone Israel maintains to
protect communities on its northern border from
guerrilla attacks.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
This is the second straight day of violence in
Lebanon and comes a day after Israeli warplanes
attacked Palestinian guerrilla targets near the
Syrian border.
Israel has announced it will pull its soldiers
out of Lebanon by July, but Arab leaders are
warning a unilateral withdrawal could set off a
new military conflict in the Middle East.
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14-Mar-2000 07:06 AM EDT (14-Mar-2000 1206 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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