Israeli Jets Bomb Arafat's Base in Tunisia; 60 Killed : Retaliation for Killing of 3 in Cyprus
October 01, 1985|From Times Wire Services
TUNIS, Tunisia — Streaking 1,500 miles across the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli warplanes bombed
and destroyed the PLO headquarters today, killing as many as 60 people and injuring about 100 others
in retaliation for the Yom Kippur slayings of three Israelis in Cyprus.
The single-engine F-16 jets flew a 1,550-mile round trip for the attack on the PLO command center
in this North African nation--Israel's longest retaliatory air strike ever. The planes refueled in mid-flight, the Israeli army said in Jerusalem.
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October 01, 1985|From Times Wire Services
TUNIS, Tunisia — Streaking 1,500 miles across the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli warplanes bombed
and destroyed the PLO headquarters today, killing as many as 60 people and injuring about 100 others
in retaliation for the Yom Kippur slayings of three Israelis in Cyprus.
The single-engine F-16 jets flew a 1,550-mile round trip for the attack on the PLO command center
in this North African nation--Israel's longest retaliatory air strike ever. The planes refueled in mid-flight, the Israeli army said in Jerusalem.
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