MIDDLE EAST AFRICA SOUTH ASIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00865A000900330002-6
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 14, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Middle East
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South Asia
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MIDDLE EAST ? AFRICA ? SOUTH ASIA
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Middle East - Africa Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
CONTENTS
Israel: Raids into Lebanon 2
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Israel
Raids into Lebanon
Aggressive patrolling into Lebanon by Israeli
Defense Forces units over the past three days
appears to be aimed as much at the Lebanese as at
the fedayeen.
Harassment of Israeli reconnaissance patrols
last week by mortar fire from Lebanese forces was
apparently the principal cause of the recent
Israeli actions, which included raids into villages
and the taking of prisoners. The approach of the
celebration on May 15 of Israel's independence day--
of ten the occasion for fedayeen terrorist inci-
dents--was probably another factor.
Although Israeli reconnaissance units routinely
patrol inside the southern Lebanon border, Israeli
troops had not entered villages or taken captives
since the major clashes with fedayeen and Lebanese
army units last January. On Monday, however,
Israeli troops raided a border settlement inside
Lebanon and reportedly blew up a cafe before
returning with a number of Lebanese?and Palestinian
prisoners. Searches of other border villages on
Tuesday and Wednesday brought a response from
Lebanese army units, which fired mortar and perhaps
artillery shells. No casualties have been reported
from any of these activities, and Israel announced
on May 14 that it had released some of the villagers
taken during the raids. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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