April 9, 1996

After a Lebanese child is killed, 2 children wounded by a land mine (alleged by Hizballah to have been buried by the IDF) in s. Lebanon, Hizballah fires 14 rockets into n. Israel, wounding 6 Israelis; 30 others are treated for shock. Israel shells 17 Lebanese villages in response, causing no injuries. (AFP, QY, RL 4/8, QY, RL 4/9 in FBIS 4/9; MM 4/9; ITV, QY 4/9 in FBIS 4/10; NYT, WT 4/10; MEI 4/12)

PM Peres visits IDF troops on the n. Israeli border but does not go to Kiryat Shimona so as to avoid a clash btwn. his security entourage and residents angry over Hizballah rocket attacks. (MM 4/4, 4/11)