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...Washington developments were played out against the background of continued violence in Lebanon. Heavy shelling from Druse positions in the mountains above Beirut airport pinned down U.S. Marines in their bunkers. A French soldier was killed by sniper fire in a Beirut suburb. Sheik Halim Takieddin, a high-ranking Druse holy man, was assassinated in his home in Beirut by a young man who embraced him, then shot him with a silencer-equipped handgun...
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan issued an even stiffer warning. He said: "If the Lebanese government allows terrorist headquarters to enjoy their freedom in Beirut and at night they cross into Israel, I think a good part of Lebanon will be destroyed and deserted." Lebanese Premier Takieddin Solh denied that his country was responsible. Mrs. Meir's government also came under fire from some Israeli newspapers, which charged that inadequate security arrangements had allowed the commandos to carry out their raid. At funeral services for the dead, Mrs. Meir's personal representative, Minister of Police Shlomo Hillel, was drowned...
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