21.   Israeli forces and their allies later shelled suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails in the vicinity of villages facing the border strip.

22.   Israel maintains the border strip to protect its northern territories from cross-border guerrilla attacks.

23.   Israeli troops controlling a border strip in south Lebanon braced for possible reprisals.

24.   Israeli troops and allied militiamen patrol a border strip of south Lebanon that overlaps the U.N. zone.

25.   It also occupies a border strip in southern Lebanon.

26.   It said other targets north of the border strip controlled by Israel were also hit.

27.   Israel has controlled the border strip for nearly two decades to protect its northern towns from cross-border guerrilla attacks.

28.   Israel wants the man, Antoine Lahd, freed as a precondition for withdrawing from a south Lebanon border strip.

29.   Israeli troops and allied militiamen patrol a border strip that overlaps the U.N. zone.

30.   Israeli troops occupying a border strip in south Lebanon braced for possible reprisals.