Israeli Warplanes Raid Palestinian Guerrilla Base
Israeli warplanes attacked a Palestinian guerrilla base for the second time in three days Saturday, and Lebanese police said the jets dropped time bombs that exploded as rescuers dug through the rubble.
At least two guerrillas of the Syrian-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, led by Ahmed Jibril, were wounded in the air raid on their base, police said.
An army spokesman in Israelconfirmed the attack on the base. He said the jets returned safely.
A Lebanese police spokesman said two fighter-bombers fired six rockets into the base in Sultan Yaacoub, in the Bekaa Valley, in two late-morning runs.
The spokesman said the planes also dropped about six time bombs that exploded in a 10-minute period after the air attack.
The delayed blasts caused no other casualties, he said.
Syrian soldiers manning surface-to-air missile batteries in the Bekaa Valley did not fire on the Israeli jets, police said.
On Thursday, four Israeli F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers struck bases of the Popular Front in Sultan Yaacoub and the adjacent Deir Zannon. One fighter was killed and four were wounded.
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