Rebel Bombs Draw Israeli Retaliation

An Israeli warplane blasted a guerrilla hide-out in southern Lebanon in retaliation for roadside bombs that killed three Israeli-allied militiamen and wounded five Israeli soldiers. Lebanese security officials said the Israeli jet fired on a Hezbollah post in Bisri, just outside the Israeli-occupied zone in southern Lebanon. A remote-controlled bomb exploded hours earlier under a vehicle belonging to the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army, the security officials said, adding that three SLA members died. An Israeli army spokesman in Jerusalem confirmed the fatalities. A similar bomb wounded five Israeli soldiers patrolling along a highway in the same part of the occupied zone.