Word: zrariyah
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the assault on its convoy, the Israeli army attacked the Shi'ite town of Zrariyah (pop. 9,000) with tanks and armored personnel carriers. Several hundred Israeli troops met some resistance from Lebanese soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen, but the column continued on into Zrariyah. Automobiles were machine-gunned, and the armored vehicles rolled over several cars, crushing them like discarded tin cans. In one destroyed vehicle there was at least one passenger, but he appeared to have been killed earlier by gunfire...
...Israelis then began a house-to-house search in Zrariyah. All men between the ages of 16 and 60 were hauled off to the central square, where a hooded informer helped identify suspected guerrillas. At the end of the day, as many as 200 men were taken behind Israeli lines for further interrogation. When correspondents arrived in Zrariyah, twelve hours after the Israelis had entered the village, bodies still lay in the streets leading into the town. Wailing women milled about in grief and despair. A freshly painted sign on a wall read, in Arabic, THE REVENGE OF THE I.D.F...
...raid appeared to have ended Zrariyah's role as a staging point for guerrillas heading into Israeli-occupied territory to the south. Admitted an Amal militiaman: "We shouldn't have been caught in this way. With so many people in their hands, the Israelis were bound to gather intelligence about our supply routes...
...assault on Zrariyah was a blow to the resistance movement, it brought little respite for the Israelis. The next day, two Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush. The same day, a car exploded on a road south of Tyre, killing five Lebanese civilians; the vehicle had apparently been heading for an Israeli outpost or convoy, but blew up prematurely. In Zrariyah, the governor of southern Lebanon, Halim Fayad, issued a warning: "New suicide attacks will be launched. We are ready to avenge this massacre...
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