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November 12, 1999

Islamic guerillas from the Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah in south Lebanon wounded four civilians and four pro-Israeli Lebanese militiamen.  In response, Israeli artillery fired 150 shells and Israeli warplanes fired more than two dozen missiles at suspected guerilla positions. 

November 10; Israeli police and troops forcibly removed Israeli fundamentalists from illegal settlements in the West Bank. Jordan continued it's crackdown on Hamas operations within Jordan. Hamas has long used Jordan as a sanctuary from which they launched terror attacks in Israel. 

November 9; Several dozen Israeli soldiers were accused to running a drug smuggling operation between Israel and Lebanon.