World IN BRIEF : LEBANON : 3 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Ambush
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Guerrillas in southern Lebanon killed three Israeli soldiers and a pro-Israeli militiaman in overnight ambushes, and Israeli warplanes struck back by bombing two Shiite Muslim villages. An Israeli patrol was hit near the town of Jezzine in what Israeli officials described as a well-planned ambush. The attackers were identified as part of the Hezbollah group, an Iranian-backed organization that is believed to hold several Western hostages. In retaliation for the killings, Israeli jets hit the nearby hamlet of Toumat Neeha with 10 missiles and later struck a second village, Lebanon sources said.
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