According to all authorities. the Palestinians had been observing the U.N. ceasefire. An Israeli military spokesman quoted by the Washington Post justified the breaking of the ceasefire and the bombing of innocent civilians and Palestinians alike with the statement that this was "in keeping with Israels policy to hit any time and any place to preempt terrorist attacks inside Israel." For 3 days running. Israel proceeded to use U.S. supplied warplanes to bomb various towns. villages. and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Scores of Lebanese and Palestinians were killed and injured. and thousands were made homeless refugees. Prime Minister Begin echoed the Israeli military spokesman. stating: We will strike against them and the organization led by Yasser Arafat. the Palestinians Idl Amin. Yet Begins statement belies the fact that Israels attacks did not kill only members of the PLO. or even only Palestinians.
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