IDF OPERATIONS IN LEBANON - IDF SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCEMENTS
14 APRIL 1996
IAF HELICOPTERS STRIKE HIZBULLAH TARGET IN BEIRUT
IAF HELICOPTERS TODAY, SUN. 14.4.96, STRUCK A TARGET USED BY INTELLIGENCE
SERVICE OF HIZBULLAH IN BEIRUT, IN RESPONSE TO FIRING OF KATYUSHAS AT
KIRYAT SHEMONA AND GALILEE PANHANDLE. ALL HELICOPTERS RETURNED SAFELY TO
BASES WITH PILOTS REPORTING ACCURATE HITS. HIZBULLAH HQ IN BEIRUT
CONTINUES OPERATING FREELY, ORDERING THEIR TERRORISTS TO CONTINUE FIRING
KATYUSHAS, AND CARRYING OUT TERRORIT ACTS AGAINST ISRAEL.
IAF ATTACKS POWER PLANT
AS A REACTION TO KATYUSHA ATTACKS LAST NIGHT ON KIRYAT SHEMONA'S POWER
GRID, AND CONTINUED ATTACKS ON ISRAEL'S CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, IAF
PLANES TODAY, (SUNDAY), 14.04.96, AT 12:50 HOURS, ATTACKED A POWER
PRODUCTION FACILITY IN JUMHUR. PILOTS REPORTED ACCURATE HITS ON TARGET.
ALL PLANES RETURNED SAFELY TO BASE.
IDF WARNS SOUTH LEBANON RESIDENTS TO LEAVE AREA
IDF ANNOUNCED ON LEBANESE RADIO TODAY, SUNDAY, 14.04.96, THAT IN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME AND AS A RESULT OF THE FIRING OF
ROCKETS TODAY BY HIZBULLAH ON NORTHERN ISRAEL, RESIDENTS OF ALL LEBANESE
VILLAGES SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER MUST LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND VILLAGES BY
18:00 HOURS. ANYONE REMAINING AFTER 18:00 DOES SO ON HIS OWN
RESPONSIBILITY AND PUTS HIS LIFE IN DANGER. SIMILARLY, IDF ANNOUNCED TO
ALL RESIDENTS OF TYRE AND SIDON THAT IT WILL ALLOW VEHICLES TO TRAVEL ON
THE TYRE-SIDON ROAD UNTIL 15:00 HOURS SO THAT THEY MAY LEAVE THE SOUTHERN
VILLAGES.
IAF ATTACKS
DURING THIS EVENING (SUNDAY), 14.04.96, IAF PLANES AND HELICOPTERS CONTINUE
TO ATTACK TERRORIST SITES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN LEBANON, NORTH OF THE
SECURITY ZONE. DURING THE DAY, 242 MISSIONS WERE FLOWN. SITES ATTACKED
INCLUDE: ELECTRIC POWER STATION NEAR JUMHUR; TWO SITES USED AS BROADCASTING
STATIONS FOR "VOICE OF THE OPPRESSED RADIO;" SITE IN BEIRUT USED BY
HIZBULLAH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE; AND SITES IN THE AREAS OF GABA, JABAL,
K'BIR, HORVAT S'LIM, AND NABATIYEH USED BY HIZBALLAH TO SET OUT ON ATTACKS.
IAF PLANES ATTACK VOICE OF OPPRESSED RADIO
IAF PLANES ATTACKED TWO SITES USED AS BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR VOICE OF
THE OPPRESSED RADIO, IN THE BEKA'A VALLEY, IN RESPONSE TO KATYUSHAS FIRED
AT GALILEE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN GALILEE. ALL PLANES RETURNED SAFELY TO
BASES. IDF WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACK TERRORIST TARGETS AND BASES THROUGHOUT
LEBANON.