Mine Kills Soldier in Lebanese Zone
<i> Reuters</i>
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel —
A member of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army was killed Monday in a land-mine blast near the Lebanese town of Beit Yahoun, military officials said.
They said that at least one other member of the patrol was wounded by the explosion inside Israel’s self-declared security zone, a strip of Lebanese territory north of the Israeli border.
The zone is patrolled by Israeli troops and the South Lebanon Army, which is paid and equipped by Israel to protect its northern frontier against guerrilla attacks.
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