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Article: IDF kills Hizbullah gunman. 5 others wounded in security zone.
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- Jerusalem Post
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- May 25, 1997
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DAVID RUDGE
Jerusalem Post
05-25-1997
At least one Hizbullah gunman was killed and as many as five others wounded - some apparently seriously - in an IDF operation north of the security zone in the early hours of yesterday morning. There were no IDF casualties.
The soldiers' actions were praised by senior officers and commanders of the Galilee division.
This brought to 20 the number of gunmen, mainly from Hizbullah, who have been killed in clashes with the IDF and South Lebanese Army since the beginning of this year. During the same period, nine IDF soldiers were killed.
The incident occurred around 1 a.m. yesterday in the Wadi Nafakah area between the villages of Yatar and Zibkin, over ...