AN ISRAELI TANK SHELL HIT A POSITION RUN BY U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN SOUTH LEBANON ON MONDAY, WOUNDING FOUR GHANAIAN SOLDIERS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE FOUR SOLDIERS WERE EVACUATED TO A UNIFIL HOSPITAL AT THE BORDER TOWN OF NAQOURA, MILOS STRUGAR SAID IN A STATEMENT. THE SHELL ALSO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE POSITION NEAR THE VILLAGE OF RMEISH, HE SAID. ISRAEL'S 13-DAY WAR IN RETALIATION TO HIZBOLLAH'S ATTACKS HAS KILLED 377 LEBANESE, MOSTLY CIVILIANS. THE LEBANESE GUERRILLA GROUP'S ATTACKS KILLED 39 ISRAELIS. SHRAPNEL FROM TANK SHELLS FIRED FROM THE ISRAELI SIDE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AN INDIAN SOLDIER LAST WEEK. HIZBOLLAH FIRE WOUNDED AN ITALIAN U.N. OBSERVER ON THE BORDER ON SUNDAY. IN 1996, DURING ISRAEL'S GRAPES OF WRATH CAMPAIGN IN LEBANON, AN ISRAELI JET BOMBED A UNIFIL COMPOUND IN THE SOUTHERN VILLAGE OF QANA, KILLING 106 CIVILIANS SHELTERING INSIDE. UNIFIL WAS CREATED IN 1978 AFTER ISRAEL'S FIRST MAJOR INCURSION INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CALLED FOR A BIGGER, BETTER ARMED AND MORE ROBUST INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN THE AREA.
