The World - News from Dec. 1, 1987

Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin rejected right-wing demands to step up attacks against guerrillas in Lebanon in the aftermath of a hang-glider raid that killed six Israeli soldiers. During a parliamentary debate over last week’s raid, right-wing legislators accused the government of a passive policy against infiltrators and demanded more Israeli strikes on guerrilla bases. “They (the strikes) are not a wonder drug, and anybody who imagines we can get rid of the terrorist problem in one decisive blow is deluding himself,� Rabin said. Israel has bombed guerrilla bases in Lebanon 23 times this year.