Word: nabatiyeh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Less than 24 hours after the Cabinet's angry pronouncements, 30 Israeli jets bombed and strafed Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, leaving at least 100 dead and more than 150 wounded -the heaviest death toll in such raids since February 1973. During attacks on refugee camps near Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, the hamlet of Kafr Tabnit was razed almost to the ground. Israeli military spokesmen said the targets were terrorist bases, including the headquarters of the Syrian-backed Saiqa guerrillas who are thought to be responsible for a Nov. 21 raid on the Golan Heights in which three Israeli...
...Abed Rabbo, a pro-Arafat P.L.O. leader, declared: "We shall teach the enemy that its crimes will not go unpunished." To back these tough words, the guerrillas rocketed two towns in Israel Thursday night. Although no casualties were reported, Israel retaliated once again and bombarded the Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh. The Israelis also intercepted a band of Fatah guerillas soon after it had infiltrated from Lebanon. Four Arab terrorists and one Israeli policeman were killed in the gun battle...