Suicide Bomber Dies in South Lebanon
A Brazilian-born woman, Hamzieh Mustafa, was killed on a suicide mission Tuesday when she drove a car packed with explosives into an Israeli-backed militia checkpoint in southern Lebanon, a leftist faction said.
In a statement released in Sidon, the pro-Syrian Arab Socialist Baath Party claimed that several cars belonging to Israeli intelligence agents were blown up.
The statement made no mention of casualties among the Israelis or their militia allies of the South Lebanon Army. Baathist sources in Sidon, a major port 25 miles south of Beirut, said there were 7 to 15 dead or wounded.
In Tel Aviv, Israel radio said militiamen fired at a suicide car-bomber trying to run a roadblock in south Lebanon, blowing up the vehicle and killing the driver.
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