Uncle Sam
06-07-2004, 04:48 PM
Sky News (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1138572,00.html)
Israeli jets have attacked a guerrilla target near the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to an army statement.
The air strike was reportedly in response to an attack on an Israeli naval vessel patrolling in the Mediterranean earlier in the day.
The planes fired two missiles at disused positions of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) at Naameh, a PFLP-GC source said.
"We don't know exactly what was targeted," he said.
The Israeli sources said the targeted site was used by the PFLP-GC.
Israel's air force often targets the positions in Naameh which the PFLP-GC, based in Damascus, says it vacated several years ago.
Lebanese security sources said three rounds landed inside Lebanese territory and a fourth in the Mediterranean.
The air strike was apparently in response to an earlier mortar attack which Israel said targeted one of its naval vessels.
"It was a provocation by the terrorist organisations which operate from Lebanon under the protection of Syria and put our citizens and forces in peril," said Captain Sharon Feingold.
"We continue to hold the Lebanese and Syrian governments responsible for these operations which take place under their protection."
Israeli jets have attacked a guerrilla target near the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to an army statement.
The air strike was reportedly in response to an attack on an Israeli naval vessel patrolling in the Mediterranean earlier in the day.
The planes fired two missiles at disused positions of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) at Naameh, a PFLP-GC source said.
"We don't know exactly what was targeted," he said.
The Israeli sources said the targeted site was used by the PFLP-GC.
Israel's air force often targets the positions in Naameh which the PFLP-GC, based in Damascus, says it vacated several years ago.
Lebanese security sources said three rounds landed inside Lebanese territory and a fourth in the Mediterranean.
The air strike was apparently in response to an earlier mortar attack which Israel said targeted one of its naval vessels.
"It was a provocation by the terrorist organisations which operate from Lebanon under the protection of Syria and put our citizens and forces in peril," said Captain Sharon Feingold.
"We continue to hold the Lebanese and Syrian governments responsible for these operations which take place under their protection."