THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Surprised by U.S. Condemnation of Air Raids
stage if the Israeli raids unwarranted and no pretext
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is- did not request a meeting
was given for it." He said,
continue.
of
the
Security
Council
to
raeli officials expressed
In his letter, Lebanese "every possible action must
surprise Tuesday at the consider its complaint
strongly-worded U.S. con- against Israel. UN dip- Ambassador Ghassan be taken immediately to put
demnation of the Israel air lomats said, however, Tueni said that the "feroci- an end to a situation which
force raids on terrorist that such a request can- ous and brutal attack by the is endangering peace and
targets along the Lebanese not be ruled out in a later Israeli aircraft was totally security."
coast Sunday. The Israelis
insisted that the air raids
and other incursions by
land and sea forces were
vital self-defense measures.
Monday night, hours
after the U.S. protest, an Is-
raeli army force entered a
Lebanese village and de-
molished a house said to be-
ong to terrorists. The de-.
olition was carried out
after all occupants were
evacuated, a military
spokesman said.
Israel's Ambassador to
the U.S. Ephraim Evron de-
fended Sunday's air strikes.
The policy of the (Israeli)
government is quite clear
here," he told reporters.
"We shall do everything
possible in self-defense to
protect our citizens. We
shall hit the bases of ter-
rorists wherever they are."
Israeli officials were
particularly incensed by
the American statement
that the air raids caused
casualties among inno-
cent civilians, a state-
ment the State Depart-
ment spokesman based
on news reports from
Lebanon.
intelligence
Israeli
sources claimed that a full
review of the air raid results
showed that hits were
scored on terrorist head-
quarters and bases and that
at least 15 terrorists were
killed.
They said there was noth-
ing to confirm allegations
from Arab sources that a
number of soldiers of the
United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
have been injured by Israeli
artillery fire. They noted
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to take shelter or move
freely in the area under its
control. Monday night, ter-
rorists ambushed and killed
two Lebanese Christians,
Dr. Spiridion KhOuri, 65,
and his driver, George Faiz,
26, while the physician was
making a call in a Christian
village. According to Israel
sources, the Christian
militia investigating the
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ambush found' that the kil-
ers fired from territory con-
olled by the Nigerian UN-
IFIL contingent and es-
caped through that terri-
tory.
Meanwhile, Lebanon
protested in a letter to UN
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim and the Secii-
rity Council over the Is-
raeli,air attacks Sunday
and the "continued acts
of aggression" commit-
ted by Israel against
Lebanon. But Lebanon
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