The World - News from July 13, 1988
Israeli helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery bombarded Shia Muslim guerrillas in southern Lebanon for several hours, military sources said. Israeli and U.N. sources said the shelling followed a grenade and mortar attack by guerrillas on a post of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army militia near the village of Braachit just outside Israel’s self-declared security zone. Beirut Radio reported that Syrian-backed Shias of the Amal militia engaged an Israeli force that tried to enter Braachit.
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