The World - News from March 23, 1986
A Palestinian faction claimed that it killed four captured Israeli soldiers and lost four of its guerrillas in a cross-border raid into northern Israel. The claim was contained in a communique signed by the Palestine National Liberation Army--Southern Area Command, which appeared to be a new organization. The communique did not say when the attack took place, but said the guerrillas’ target was Zarit, a farming settlement in northern Israel. Israeli military sources said they knew of no attempted raid in that area.
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