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Article: IDF kills four Hizbullah gunmen in security zone
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- Jerusalem Post
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- August 20, 1995
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Alon Pinkas
Jerusalem Post
08-20-1995
AN IDF patrol yesterday killed four Hizbullah gunmen in the eastern sector of the security zone in south Lebanon, the army and Lebanese sources confirmed.
A routine army patrol south of the town of Yuhmur, near Nabatiyeh, spotted the gunmen attempting to infiltrate into the security zone. The patrol alerted a tank which began firing at the squad. Attack helicopters hovered above and blocked escape routes while artillery fire trapped the gunmen in a small area and eventually killed them.
Three bodies were retrieved by the army patrol and documents found indicated that they were members of the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of ...