Situation Along Lebanon Border Deteriorating
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israeli au-
thorities Monday described the sit-
uation along the Lebanese border
as "particularly grave." They re-
ported 23 incidents in less than
two weeks, most of them inside Is-
raeli territory. A military spokes-
man said it was apparent that Le-
banese authorities reached an
agreement with guerrilla bands
whereby the latter are permitted to
deploy along the Israeli frontier
but must refrain from shooting
across the border. According to
the spokesman, Beirut believes
the Israelis will not fire on Leban-
ese territory if they are not fired
on from it.
Only four of the reported in-
cidents involved shooting from
behind the Lebanese line. The
rest were acts of sabotage com-
mitted by guerrillas who man-
aged to infiltrate into Israeli
territory. One occurred Monday
morning when a water pipe was
sabotaged barely 20 yards from
the Lebanese border. Arab
guerrilla bands were hitherto
concentrated in the eastern sec-
tion of the borderland near the
junction of the Israeli, Syrian
and Lebanese borders. But they
have recently established bases
further west.
The Israeli governmenthas
warned leading Western ambassa-
dors and officials of the UN that
Arab infiltration from Lebanon is
becoming "intolerable." The diplo-
mats were asked to use their in-
fluence with the Lebanese govern-
ment to curb the Arab guerrillas.
Sources here confirmed Wed-
nesday that foreign ministery of-
ficials had spoken Tuesday with
the American, French and British
ambassadors. A similar meeting
took place Tuesday night at UN
headquarters. Foreign Minister
Abba Eban is said to have con-
veyed the Israeli government's
concern directly to the American
ambassador, Walworth Barbour.
After meeting in New York with
Secretary General U Thant, UN
Ambassador Yosef Tekoah said on
Israel Radio that he told Thant
of the responsibility of the Beirut
government to see that the activ-
ities are halted. Tekoah also called
on the president of the Security
Council.
Observers predicted some form
of Israeli military action against
Lebanon very shortly. Last Fri-
day night saboteurs from Leban-
on damaged two electric pylons,
an equipment shed and an auto-
mobile near the settlement of
Metzudat Yesher in Upper Gali-
lee. In another incident, a house
in Shemora settlement was
blown up but its occupants were
unhurt. The military spokesman
said that terrorists encamped on
the Lebanese side of the border
can be expected to increase their
forays with the approach of
spring and improved weather
conditions.
In contrast to the Lebanese sit-
uation, Israel's frontier with Jor-
dan has been relatively quiet.
Only 37 incidents were reported
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last week, compared to an average '
of 70 a week during December and
January.
The lull was attributed here to
the difficulties the guerrillas have
experienced recently with Jordan-
ian authorities. It permitted settle-
ments in the Beisan Valley to com-
plete their bomb shelters. One of
them, which will also serve_ as a
community center, was dedicated
at Kfar Ruppin.
A police chief has reported there
are indications of Arab efforts to
reorganize for renewal of terror-
ists in Israel and in the occupied
territories after setbacks in recent
months caused by the seizure of
several saboteur groups.
North District Police Chief Mor-
dechai Ron, in reporting this, add-
ed that there was a strong inclina-
tion to hit back at the terrorists
but that "objective difficulties"
hindered counter-operations.
He added it would be playing
into the hands of terrorist gangs
if Israel took indiscriminate re-
prisals against the law-abiding
majority of Arabs.
Earlier, Israeli police uncovered
two Israeli Arab terrorist cells,
one in Nazareth and the other in
western Galilee, The Nazareth
ring wasalso active in the neigh-
boring village of Ilout. Its mem-
bers have been charged with con-
spiring to commit sabotage and
collecting funds for terrorist or-
ganizations. -
The ring in western Galilee was
uncovered after police discovered
an abandoned pickup truck near
the Lebanese border, containing
explosives and activating devices.
Fourteen suspects from nearby vil-
lages were detained for question-
ing.
Three Israeli soldiers were
wounded in a clash with Arab
saboteurs in the Golan Heights
early Monday. Two.Arab saboteurs
were killed in a skirmish with an
Israeli patrol in the Jordan Valley
south of Damilya bridge. No Is-
raeli casualties were reported.
Israel Air Force jets staged
three attacks on Egyptian positions
inside and beyond the Suez Canal
zone Sunday and returned safely
to their bases. A military spokes-
man said two morning attacks
struck at military targets about 18
miles west of the canal.
An attack launched early that
afternoon blasted Egyptian posi-
tions and gun emplacements in the
central section of the waterway.
Israeli ground fire brought down
an Egyptian MIG-17 in the north-
ern section of the canal zone Sat-
urday.
The plane was one of a flight of
eight Egyptian MIGs attacking Is-
raeli positions on the east bank of
the Suez Canal for the fifth con-
secutive day. Israeli fighters shot
down three MIG-21s in a dogfight
over Egyptian territory Feb. 26.
Saturday's attack was made by
Israeli soldiers who scored direct
hits on the low-flying MIG. It ex-
ploded in midair and fragments
fell on the Egyptian side of the
canal. There were no Israeli cas-
ualties resulting from the Egyptian
air attack.
-Israeli security forces blew up
two houses in Hebron Sunday.
relative of Hebron's Mayor
Sheikh Jaabari. An army vehicle
was attacked in the Hebron area
but there were no casualties.
Grenade attacks in the Gaza
Strip last Friday took the life of
a 13 year-old Arab boy and in-
jured 39 other persons, all but
three of them Arab residents of
Gaza.
Israeli authorities announced
that the death toll for February
resulting from military and ter-
rorist activities totaled 21 Israeli
soldiers and two civilians, one of
them an American tourist. The
heaviest loss of life was sustained
on the Suez Canal front where 17
Israeli soldiers were killed during
the month by Egyptian gunfire.
They include two soldiers who
subsequently died of their wounds,
Sgt. Daniel Fissuti, 21, of Beth
Shemesh and Corp. Aviv Shchori.
Five Israeli soldiers were killed
during the month in the Gaza
Strip, three in the Jordan Valley
and one. in the Golan Heights.
In the Feb. 26 dogfight, Israel
claimed it shot down the three
MIG-21 jets during a bombing raid
on a ground-to-air missile base
near Duhmeis in the Nile Delta
about 75 miles north of Cairo. A
military spokesman said they were
downed when a "large flight" of
Egyptian planes rose to challenge
the Israeli jets.
No Egyptian planes attempted
to intervene in the earlier raid, a
military spokesman said. An Egyp-
tian military spokesman said eight
Egyptian soldiers were wounded
in the morning raid.
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