Beirut Raid Deals a Severe Blow to Terrorist Organizations

TEL AVIV (JTA)—The re-
fusal of Israel's chief of staff
to disclose details about Mon-
day night's raid against the
homes and headquarters of
Arab terrorists in Lebanon
led observers to speculate

that another such raid is like-
ly if Lebanon continued to
make available facilities for
training terrorists.
Gen. David Elazar declined,
at a press conference here
Tuesday, to provide any in-

formation on the raid from
the operational point of view.
He did say, however, that the
raid, in which two Israeli sol-
diers were killed and two
wounded, was carried out by
paratroopers and a comman-
do unit in a combined opera-
tion with the navy and air
force.
Gen, Elazar said the raid
lasted slightly longer than
2 1/2 hours and that the raid-
ers killed three top terrorist
leaders and destroyed the
headquarters of the Khuwat-
men "Democratic Front"
terrorist group. The raiders
did not take any prisoners,
he said.
Gen. Elazar said the loss of
the three guerrilla leaders
was a severe blow to the
Arab terrorist organizations,
particularly since two were
leaders of AI Fatah. They
were identified as Aba Yusuf
Najar, described as Fatah's
No. 2 leader; Kamal Nassar,
a Fatah leader and spokes-
man; and Jamal Adwan, be-
lieved responsible for plan-
ning terrorist activities in-
side Israel.
Gen. Elazar said the three
Fatah leaders were involved
in the preparation of the
massacre last Sept. 5 at
Olympiad headquarters in
Munich.
He said the Israelis had
eight targets, seven in Beirut
and one in Sidon, where Fa-
tah had a garage in which
its vehicles were maintained
and serviced. Later in the
day, Israeli sources esti-
mated casualties in the raid
as 50 dead.
Gen. Elazar said specific
instructions had been issued

to the raiders to avoid, to
the maximum degree, any
clashes with Lebanese secur-
ity forces or with civilians.
But there was some interfer-
ence with the raiders, and
the Lebanese suffered some
losses.
He repeated his warning to
Lebanese authorities to act
against the terrorists on
Lebanese soil. He said "Leb-
anon is the only country in
the world where terrorists of
all nationalities can freely
train, base and prepare ter-
rorist actions elsewhere."
He stressed Israel's two-
fold policy against terrorist
activity — the defensive one,
best illustrated in the incident
in Nicosia where an El Al
security agent foiled an at-
tempt by three guerrillas to
hijack a plane, wounding all
of them; and the offensive
one, such as the raid into
Lebanon Monday night, which
he said was not an act of
retaliation but an action to
hit the terrorists.
Information from Lebanese
sources indicated that the
raiders had no problems in
finding the homes of the
three Fatah leaders. They
m o v e d on to Khuwatmen
building, which was heavily
guarded.
The most severe fighting of
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their four casualties in over-
powering the guards and the
opposition inside the building.
They then stormed the build-
ing and placed explosive
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Other places hit in the raid
included workshops where
the terrorists had been pre-
paring their bombs and other
destructive devices sent to
Europe and other areas.
The Beirut reports indi-
cated that the Israelis used
a familiar technique, going
to the site by sea in speedy
missile boats and then mov-
ing to shore in rubber dingh-
ies. The reports said taxis
were waiting for them at a
designated point.
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in the raid. The name of the
other was withheld though
his relatives were informed.
The condition of the two
wounded soldiers was called
satisfactory.
The U.S. State Department
Wednesday deplored the Is-
raeli raid and branded as
"mischievous" allegations by
the Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization of U.S. complicity
in the attack.
Departmentspokesman
Charles Bray told newsmen
at Wednesday's briefing that
"We ourselves have on many
occasions deplored the cycle
of violence which has taken
such a heavy toll in human
life and suffering and we
must regretfully deplore it
again." He said if it were
proved that innocent lives
were lost, the United States'
regret would be "even
greater."
Bray said the PLO allega-
tion that some elements of
the Israeli commando force
had taken r e f u g e in the
American Embassy in Beirut
"is utterly without founda-
tion."
(A United Nations spokes-
man said that Secretary Gen-
eral Kurt Waldheim "learned
with deep concern of the in-
cidents in Cyprus and Leba-
non" and that "he deplores
these new acts of violence"
which can "only further in-
crease tension and compli-
cate the search for a just and
lasting peace in the middle
east.")
Lebanese security forces
dispersed 500 demonstrating
students trying to reach the
American Embassy Wednes-
day to protest Israel's sur-
prise raid.
Terrorists Foiled in Attacks
on Ambassador's Home,
Israeli Plane in Nicosia
TEL AVIV .(JTA) — Arab
terrorists s t a g e d simultan-
eous attacks on the Israeli
ambassador's residence in
Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday and
on an Israeli airliner at Ni-
cosia Airport.
Of the nine terrorists who
took part in both assaults,
one was killed, four were
wounded, t h r e e were cap-
tured and one escaped. A
Cypriot policeman on guard
at the ambassador's home
was seriously injured.
Ambassador Rahamim Ti-
mor was not at home at the
time of the attack. His wife
and daughter who were, were
not hurt. The embassy resi-
dence was damaged and some
damage was done to the Is-
raeli plane.
goth attacks occurred at
about 3 p.m. Cyprus time.
The attack on the ambassa-
dor's home was made from
a rented car whose occupants
hurled grenades and sticks
of dynamite at the first floor
of the three-story building.
As they sped from the
scene, the terrorists were
blocked by a Cypriot police
van and a gun duel ensued.
Two of the terrorists were
wounded and another was
captured. The fourth occu-
pant of the car escaped and
is the object of an island-
wide manhunt.
The five Arabs who at-
tacked the Israeli airliner
entered the airport in a Land
Rover-type jeep after over-
coming the armed guard at
one of the gates.
They drove to an area of
the airstrip where a plane
of "Arkia," Israel's domestic
airline, was being refueled
and serviced for its return
flight to Lod Airport.

The plane, a 4-engined
Herald turbo-prop transport
on charter to El Al for its
Lod-Cyprus service, had just
unloaded 40 passengers who
were passing through cus-
toms inspection at a nearby
shed.
The terrorists opened fire
on the aircraft. An El Al se-
curity guard returned the fire
killing one of the attackers
and wounding two others. The
remaining two fled in the
jeep but lost control of the
vehicle and collided with the
plane, causing it some dam-
age. They were promptly
captured by airport police.
Israeli officials called for
concerted worldwide action
to combat terrorists. "There
is a desperate and urgent
need for the international
community to unite in order
to combat terrorism," one
source said.
It is not sufficient to pre-
vent acts of terrorism. "The
terrorists have to be pun-
ished very harshly to deter
them from committing acts
against Israelis or other tar-
gets abroad," the source said.
Ambassador Timor said in
a radio interview that the
cooperation of Cypriot au-
thorities was satisfactory.
El Fatah Gunmen Wound
Gaza Arab Family
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Masked
El Fatah gunmen broke into
the home of an Arab com-
munal leader near Gaza
April 4 and wounded him,
his wife and daughter with
submachinegun fire after ac-
cusing the man of colloborat-
ing with Israeli authorities.
The victims were S a b r i
Eissa Ibrahim Fahidam, 55,
the "mukhtar' (head man) of
the Nouseirath refugee camp
council, his wife who was
seriously wounded and under-
went emergency surgery at
the Negev Hospital in Beer-
sheba, and their 18-year-old
daughter, Nahsan.

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