Word: hizballah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...back his turnabout with deeds. In the wake of the last round of suicide bombings in late February and early March, he ordered what has turned out to be the longest ban ever on Palestinian workers crossing into Israel. In response to Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israel by Hizballah guerrillas in Lebanon, Peres last month launched a massive 17-day bombardment of Lebanon. But the killing of more than 100 innocent civilians at Qana (see box) has alienated Israel's Arab minority, who make up some 15% of the population and whose ballots Peres had counted on. If they...
...cavorting amid prosperity; youngsters speed down a highway in a yellow convertible while the Golden Arches of the newly arrived McDonald's beckon. The images in the Likud ads stress the flaws in the current peace: a bus decimated by a suicide bomber, a burning car hit by a Hizballah Katyusha...
...camp, concentrating in two areas. According to his report, the first pocket, 120 yds. south of the base, was struck almost exclusively by "impact-fuzed" shells, which explode when they hit the ground. These rounds, which are most effective at destroying equipment and munitions, landed close to where Hizballah had been firing a mortar at a nearby Israeli ground unit. The second area, located in the U.N. base itself, was hit mainly by "proximity-fuzed" shells, which are designed to detonate above the ground so as to widen the radius of impact. The use of that ordnance, which is especially...
TIME: How many Hizballah men died...
Nasrallah: On the night of the cease-fire, we had only 13 martyrs. On the second day of the cease-fire, one of our wounded brothers died. I want Peres to tell me, Where are those 80 Hizballah he says he killed...