21.   Israel said it regretted the attack but blamed it on Lebanese militiamen who fired rockets from near the base.

22.   Israel said it regretted the attack but blamed it on Lebanese militiamen who fired rockets from near the U.N. base.

23.   Israel said Monday that three of its soldiers, snatched by Lebanese militiamen over a year ago, were probably dead.

24.   Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen fired tank shells at advancing guerrillas Saturday, killing two of them, militia officials said.

25.   Israeli and Lebanese officials also said a roadside bomb that exploded a few hours after the fighting wounded three Lebanese militiamen allied with the Israelis.

26.   Israeli soldiers and their allied Lebanese militiamen jointly man a hilltop outpost at Sojod on the edge of their occupation zone that has frequently come under guerrilla fire.

27.   Iqlim al-Tuffah, or Apple Province, is used by Hezbollah guerrillas as a base to launch attacks on Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen.

28.   Israel also seeks guarantees of protection for Lebanese militiamen who have been armed and trained by Israel in the border zone.

29.   Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen retaliated by firing at suspected guerrilla hideouts in the Iqlim al-Tuffah highlands facing the occupied zone, the officials said.

30.   Late Thursday, at least one guerrilla was killed in a clash with Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen, officials in Lebanon said.