{"id":189168,"date":"1975-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189168"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:33:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:33:03","slug":"auto-insert-189168","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189168\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation – UNTSO – Report on the status of the cease-fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Further report on the status of the cease-fire<\/p><\/div>\n

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in the middle east<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Chief of Staff of UNTSO has submitted the following special report  on  developments in the Israel-Lebanon sector on 4 <\/i>August 1975.<\/p><\/div>\n

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1.  A complaint was received from the Lebanese authorities alleging that on the evening of 4 <\/i>August Israel forces artillery fire fell in the vicinity of Sour (AMR 1690-2970), 1<\/u>\/ causing, in Sour army barracks, the death of four Lebanese army  officers and the wounding of a fifth, as well as material damage.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2.  At the request of the Lebanese authorities, the Chief of Staff of UNTSO authorized an inquiry, which took place on 5 August. Accompanied by a  representative of the Senior Lebanese Delegate to the Israel-Lebanon Mixed  Armistice Commission, United Nations military observers interviewed witnesses and examined the evidence presented to them.<\/p><\/div>\n

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3.  Witnesses at Sour barracks stated that at 2250 hours GMT on 4 <\/i>August they heard a loud explosion in the operations room at the barracks and found there four Lebanese army lieutenants dead and a fifth wounded. They also stated that the dead and wounded had been evacuated to a military hospital in Beirut.<\/p><\/div>\n

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4.  <\/i>The military observers saw, at Sour barracks, the operations room and three adjoining rooms which had been destroyed by a recent explosion. They also saw bloodstains in the vicinity of the operations room and found artillery shell fragments.<\/p><\/div>\n

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5.  Based on the results of the inquiry, the complaint is confirmed in so far as material damage at Sour barracks from recent artillery shelling is concerned.<\/p><\/div>\n

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1<\/u>\/ AMR – approximate map reference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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