51.   Hezbollah has been fighting for more than a decade to drive Israeli troops from the border zone.

52.   In Lebanon, Israeli forces occupy a border zone to protect against guerrilla raids.

53.   In Israel, an army spokesman said he had no information on any such attack in the Israeli-occupied border zone in southern Lebanon.

54.   In the early afternoon, the guerrillas attacked an Israeli outpost near the village of Blatt in the western sector of the Israeli-occupied border zone.

55.   Iran supports Hezbollah, a Lebanese group whose guerrillas are engaged in almost daily skirmishes with Israeli troops occupying a border zone of southern Lebanon.

56.   Israel continues to occupy a border zone in southern Lebanon.

57.   Israel has said the raids were in retaliation for Hezbollah attacks against Israeli soldiers in the occupied border zone.

58.   Israel occupied a border zone in southern Lebanon to try to shield its northern settlements from cross-border guerrilla attacks.

59.   Israel occupies the border zone to protect its northern towns and fears that Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon will carry out cross-border attacks if Israel withdraws.

60.   Israeli army headquarters said it was apparently on its way to carry out a suicide attack aimed either at northern Israel or the border zone.