Israel bombs Palestinian base in Lebanon

by aljazeera

Mon, Jun 7, 2004 1:52PM

Israeli warplanes have fired four missiles at a Palestinian resistance base south of Beirut, a Lebanese security source has said.

The source said the attack on Monday on Naameh village, 20 km south of Beirut, was aimed at an area in which a Damascus-based group, People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP), has a large base.

"There were no casualties as the base had been abandoned some time ago," a Palestinian source said.

In Israel, security sources said the planes raided a "terrorist target" just outside Beirut. The Israeli sources said the targeted site was used by the PFLP-GC, which is led by Ahmad Jibril.

The air strike was apparently in response to an earlier mortar attack which Israel said targeted one of its naval vessels patrolling in Israeli territorial waters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/18EDB4DF-03BB-47D3-BCCC-C2898DB8141D.htm

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