Lebanese resistance attack Israeli position wounding 2 soldiers
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/26/1998

Lebanese resistance forces on Sunday attacked a position of the Israeli occupation forces in Barashit. Resistance sources said the resistance-men used machine-guns, scoring direct hits among the position's personnel.

Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attack. The incident was confirmed by an Israeli army spokesperson who said the guerrillas had opened fire on an Israeli outpost in the eastern sector of the occupied border zone. The two soldiers' wounds were described as light to moderate, the spokesperson added.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces and at noon on Sunday started heavy bombardment of Zaatar mount, the surroundings of Barashit and Shakra towns and al-Salouki valley. Lebanese national resistance units on Saturday attacked an Israeli military post inside the occupied part of south Lebanon.

Earlier, Israeli occupation troops from their positions in the South's eastern sector, bombarded a number of areas in the western Bekaa. Security sources said the shelling hit Meidoun-Ein al-Tineh road, Lucy ranch and the outskirts of Dlafeh town. The bombardment was accompanied by machine-gun fire against populated quarters of Mashghara town.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese resistance paid last respects to Ahmad Mousa Salman Falah who was killed Friday in clashes with Israeli occupation troops in Sujud hill. Falah, 19, took part in a number of resistance operations carried out against Israeli troops and allied Lahd's militias..

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