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Letter dated 11 July 1986 from the Permanent Representative of Israel

to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Pursuant to my statement at the fortieth session of the General Assembly regarding the situation in the Middle East (see A/40/PV.104) and my letter dated 15 April 1986 (A/41/290-S/18002), I would like to present the attached annex of violent acts that have occurred in the Middle East since that time. This list is reproduced from the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service and is catalogued primarily from Arab sources. It details acts of internecine violence and attacks by one Middle Eastern régime against another. It excludes attacks against Israel.

This document is an update for the period from 1 March 1986 to 30 June 1986. Unfortunately, the level of Middle Eastern violence during this period has far from declined. The region continues to experience unprecedented waves of bombings, kidnappings, assassinations, executions, hijackings, border incursions and mass killings.

This compendium demonstrates once again a sad truth: the source of the many conflicts in the Middle East is the propensity for violence of many of the régimes in the area. The hostility toward Israel is merely a specific instance, and a product of, this generic intolerance.

I have the honour to request that this letter and the attached annex be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 37 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.

(Signed) Benjamin NETANYAHU

Ambassador

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*A/41/50/Rev.l.

ANNEX

Calendar of Middle Eastern violence

1 April 1986-30 June 1986

Source: World press reports as reproduced in the

"Foreign Broadcasting Information Service"

April 1986
1 April	Fighting erupts in Palestinian camps near Beirut
2 April	Iraq kills 842 Iranians
2 April	2 British teachers kidnapped in Beirut
2 April	Polisario kill 20 Moroccans
4 April	Iran sinks Iraqi ship
4 April	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut
4 April	Bomb explodes in Khartoum injuring 2 children
5 April	Iran kills 300 Iraqis
5 April	Iran attacks Saudi tanker injuring 29
5 April	Explosion in Damascus
7 April	Shelling and shooting between Lebanese militiamen break out in Beirut suburbs
7 April	Lebanese Communist Party official found murdered in Lebanon
7 April	Sudanese People's Liberation Army kill 15 Sudanese
7 April	Sunni and Druze gunmen clash in Lebanon killing 13 Sunnis and 2 Druze
8 April	Massive explosion in Lebanon kills 11 and wounds 116
8 April	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut
8 April	Iran downs 2 Iraqi planes
9 April	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
9 April	French national kidnapped in Beirut
9 April	Druze officer assassinated in Beirut
9 April	Explosion in Teheran kills 1 and wounds 5
9 April	Iraqi Kurds kill 34 and wound 15 Iraqis
9 April	Car-bomb kills 12 outside Sabena airline office in Beirut
9 April	Iraq kills 190 Iranians
9 April	Catholic bishop kidnapped in Tripoli, Libya
10 April	Car-bomb in Sidon kills 3 and wounds 34
10 April	Druze and Syrian gunmen clash in Shouf Mountains wounding 3
10 April	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in and around Beirut
11 April	Irish teacher kidnapped in Beirut
11 April	PLO official Raji al-Najmah kidnapped in Beirut
12 April	Iran kills 100 Iraqis
12 April	Iraq kills 720 Iranians
13 April	Iraq attacks 2 Iranian ships
13 April	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Lebanon killing 3 and wounding 17
14 April	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Lebanon
14 April	Iran kills 100 Iraqis
15 April	Iraq kills 129 Iranians
15 April	Car-bomb explodes near Amal center in Beirut
16 April	United States diplomat shot in Khartoum
16 April	2 car-bombs explode in Syria killing 27 and wounding 74
16 April	2 British and 1 American murdered in Beirut by Islamic Jihad
16 April	Explosion in Damascus kills 144 and wounds 149
16 April	Alawite intelligence officer assassinated in Syria
17 April	Iraq kills 500 Iranians
17 April	British photographer kidnapped in Beirut
17 April	Assassination attempt on British ambassador in Beirut
17 April	Iraq kills 436 and wound 1,100 Iranians
18 April	Syrian national found dead in Lebanon
18 April	Iraq kills 67 Iranians
18 April	Iran attacks 2 Panamanian tankers in Gulf
20 April	Iran kills 1,500 and wounds 2,600 Iraqis
20 April	Iraq kills 150 Iranians
20 April	Turkish tanker attacked by unidentified plane killing 3
21 April	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills Moroccan officer
22 April	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
22 April	Shooting at PLO offices in Amman wounds 2
22 April	Iraq attacks Iranian village injuring 5
23 April	Gunmen kill Palestinian in Beirut
23 April	Bomb diffused at UK Cultural Centre in Beirut
23 April	3 explosions rock coastal town in Syria injuring over 20
23 April	Terrorist acts in northern Syria injure 73
24 April	Heavy shelling breaks out in Beirut
24 April	Sudanese People's Liberation Army kills 47 and wounds 75 civilians
24 April	Iran kills 460 Iraqis
25 April	Fighting breaks out in Beirut killing 5 and wounding 34
26 April	Explosion in Beirut damages British bank
26 April	Qatar seizes island between Bahrain and Qatar, capturing 29 Bahraini citizens
26 April	Iraq kills 1, 950 Iranians
26 April	French teacher wounded and woman killed in Beirut
27 April	Iran kills 200 Iraqis
28 April	Iraq attacks Iranian tanker
28 April	Sniper fire in Beirut suburb wound 1
28 April	Iran kills over 4,000 Iraqis
28 April	2 Cypriot students of American University of Beirut kidnapped in Beirut
28 April	Druze gunmen clash with members of Lebanese army
29 April	Iran kills 300 Iraqis
29 April	Hijack attempt on Kuwait Airways 747 foiled by Kuwaiti security
30 April	Iraq attacks 2 Iranian ships

May 1986
1 May	Reported assassination attempt in Riyahd (one week earlier) on Saudi Defense Minister Sultan Ibn Abd al-Aziz
1 May	Iranian plane attacks Saudi tanker killing captain, 2 sailors and injuring 6
1 May	PLO official kidnapped from cinema in Beirut
1 May	Clashes erupt in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Syrian army injuring 10
1 May	SPLA kills 13 and wounds 11 Sudanese
2 May	Iran kills 4,000 Iraqis
2 May	Iraq kills 2,730 Iranians
3 May	Reported assassination attempt (one week earlier) on Syrian Vice-President Abd al-Halim Khaddam in Damascus; driver killed and 2 injured
3 May	2 Palestinians murdered in Beirut
3 May	1 woman killed and 4 wounded in Beirut fighting
4 May	Syrian forces and Hezbollah clash in Lebanon
5 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Sabra and Shatila camps
5 May	Violent clashes in Beirut erupt killing 3 and wounding 11
6 May	Iraq hits Iranian ship
6 May	Iraq attacks Cypriot and Liberian tankers
6 May	PLO official Abu al-Fahd found murdered in Beirut
6 May	"Islamic Group" official assassinated in Tripoli, Libya
7 May	French national kidnapped in Beirut (the ninth French citizen kidnapped in the last 18 months)
7 May	Iraq kills 3 Iranian civilians and wounds 20
7 May	Iran attacks Saudi tanker off Qatar
7 May	Professor at American University of Beirut kidnapped
7 May	Clashes erupt between Hezbollah and Syrians
7 May	Amal and pro-Syrian Red Knights gunmen clash in Beirut
7 May	Former Red Knights Commander Al-Khatib assassinated in Lebanon with 3 companions
8 May	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
8 May	Lebanese army major murdered in Beirut
9 May	Bomb explodes in Teheran killing 3
9 May	Iran kills over 3,000 Iraqis
9 May	Syrians shell Halat airport in Lebanon upon arrival of President Jumayyil from Tunisia
9 May	Amal gunmen kidnap 7 Druze men including 2 sheikhs
9 May	Iraq kills 1,584 Iranians
10 May	Muslim Brotherhood and Syrian army clash in Lebanon
11 May	Palestinian murdered by gunmen in Ayn al-Hulwah camp
12 May	Syrian officers in Lebanon reportedly executed by Syrian authorities over past 2 weeks
12 May	Booby-trapped car diffused in East Beirut
13 May	Iraq kills 76 Iranians
13 May	Iraq downs Iranian plane
13 May	Lebanese Health Ministry worker and companion kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut
13 May	Indian diplomat kidnapped in Beirut
14 May	Iran kills 200 Iraqis
14 May	Gunmen attack Senegalese Embassy in Beirut
14 May	Iraq bombs civilian train en route to Teheran killing 61 and wounding 270
15 May	Iraq kills 780 Iranians
15 May	Iran kills 1,100 Iraqis
16 May	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
17 May	Gunmen kidnap Palestinian official in Beirut
17 May	Car-bomb explodes in Beirut killing 3
18 May	Gunmen attack Syrian Social Nationalist Party headquarters in Beirut
18 May	Radio correspondent in Tripoli, Lebanon, kidnapped and murdered
18 May	Sudanese rebel forces down plane killing 8
19 May	Iran kills 1,000 Iraqis
20 May	Iraq downs Iranian plane
20 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut killing 7
20 May	Palestinian and Shiite gunmen clash in Sabra and Shatila camps killing 1
20 May	Iran kills 300 Iraqis
20 May	Bodyguards of United States ambassador kidnapped in Lebanon
21 May	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 13 Moroccans
21 May	Iran kills 1,500 Iraqis
21 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Lebanese suburbs killing 6 and wounding 22
22 May	28 killed and 101 wounded in "indiscriminate" shelling in Beirut
22 May	Syrians shell Hezbollah centres in Lebanon
22 May	23 killed and 71 wounded in Beirut shelling
23 May	Car-bomb explodes in East Beirut killing 11 and wounding 85
23 May	Amal gunmen and Soviet Embassy guards clash in Beirut killing 1 and wounding 2
23 May	SPLA kills 20 Sudanese
23 May	3 days of fighting in Lebanon (21-23 May) leaves 64 dead and 243 wounded
23 May	Iran kills 800 Iraqis
24 May	Lebanese gunmen attack Romanian diplomats
24 May	Carmelite priest killed by 6 gunmen in Lebanon
24 May	Major General Al-Farusi, commander of Syrian forces in Lebanon, reportedly killed during recent explosions in Syrian towns
24 May	Explosion in East Beirut injures 4
25 May	Iraq hits oil-laden Cypriot tanker
26 May	Bomb explodes in Beirut killing 2 and injuring 5
26 May	SPLA kills 6 Sudanese
27 May	Iraq reportedly drops chemical bombs in raids on Iran
27 May	Iran attacks German ship in Gulf
27 May	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
27 May	Shelling in Beirut suburb kills 4 and wounds 15
27 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Palestinian camps near Beirut
28 May	Assassination attempt on Lebanese Minister Nabib Berri in Beirut; 3 wounded
28 May	Sniper fire erupts near Kuwaiti Embassy in Beirut
28 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in refugee camps around Beirut wounding 10
28 May	Car-bomb explodes in Lebanon killing former Shiite army official
28 May	11 killed and 50 wounded in Beirut clashes
28 May	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Shatila camp killing 2
29 May	Lebanese educational officer kidnapped in Beirut
29 May	2 Armenians assassinated by gunmen in Beirut
29 May	Amal kidnaps 3 Hezbollah officials in Beirut
30 May	Iraq attacks 2 Iranian ships
30 May	Iraq shells Iranian mosque and 20 suburban homes near Teheran
31 May	Shiite and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut wounding 100 civilians
31 May	Iraq attacks Liberian tanker
31 May	Clashes in Palestinian refugee camps continue; 19 killed and 95 wounded

June 1986
1 June	6 killed and 59 wounded in fierce clashes between Amal and Palestinian gunmen in refugee camps around Beirut
1 June	Amal gunmen killed in Beirut suburb
1 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 47 Moroccans
2 June	Shiite and Sunni militias fight in Beirut streets wounding dozens
2 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 6 and wounds 10 Moroccans
3 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut wounding 30
3 June	Iraq bombs Iranian residential area killing 11 civilians
3 June	Amal gunmen and members of "6 February Movement" clash in Beirut killing 5 and wounding 21
3 June	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
3 June	Car-bomb explodes in Damascus restaurant causing over 300 casualties
3 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut killing 53 and wounding 242
3 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 13 Moroccans
4 June	Amal gunment attack hospitals in Beirut wounding doctors, nurses and patients
4 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 20 Moroccans
4 June	1 killed and 5 wounded in shelling near Kuwaiti Embassy in Beirut
5 June	Lebanese Army Colonel kidnapped in Beirut by gunmen
5 June	Assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Rashid al-Suhi in Beirut
5 June	Announcement that Abu Musa escaped assassination attempt in Damascus one week earlier
6 June	Announcement that PDRY leader Haydar Abu Baker al-Attas escaped 3 recent assassination attempts; 1 killed
6 June	Syrian intelligence and Muslim Brotherhood members clash in Lebanon killing 20 and wounding 100
6 June	South Yemeni aircraft raid villages killing 8 and wounding over 30 in South Yemen
6 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Shatila camps killing 5 and injuring many women and children
7 June	Iraq attacks Liberian tanker
7 June	Explosion damages Italian attaché's car in East Beirut
7 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 25 Moroccans
7 June	Heavy shelling in East Beirut
8 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Beirut killing 1 and wounding 9
8 June	Iraq attacks Iranian communications centre knocking out links with foreign countries
8 June	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
8 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Shatila camp killing 4 and wounding 22, including 8 women and children
8 June	Explosion near Nabib Berri's home near Beirut injures 2 children
8 June	Amal rockets hit Jumblatt house in Lebanon
8 June	Sudanese People's Liberation Army kills 23 and wound 39 civilians
9 June	Iraq attacks Iranian ship
9 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 32 Moroccans
9 June	Hezbollah and Syrian nationalist gunmen clash in Beirut
9 June	Rocket attack on Channel 7 television station in Beirut
10 June	10 killed and 70 wounded in shelling of Palestinian camps in Beirut
10 June	Iraq downs Iranian plane
10 June	Senior PLO official assassinated in Athens
10 June	Iraq hits Iranian ship
10 June	Explosion in front of Amal office in Beirut
11 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 8 Moroccans
12 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in refugee camps killing 5 and wounding 30
14 June	Iran kills 200 Iraqis
14 June	Hezbollah and Syrian Social Nationalist Party clash in Lebanon killing 20 and wounding 100
14 June	Iraq shoots down 2 Iranian planes
15 June	Amal and Palestinian gunment clash in Lebanon killing 3 and wounding 7
15 June	Assassination attempt on senior Amal official in Lebanon
16 June	Greek tanker attacked by unidentified helicopter in Gulf off Dubai coast
16 June	4 Al-Nahar newspaper employees kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Beirut
17 June	Iran kills 150 and wounds hundreds of Iraqis
17 June	Saharan National Navy destroys Moroccan ship
18 June	Bomb explodes in Beirut cinema
18 June	Explosion in Beirut bank injures 1
18 June	Saharan People's Liberation Army kills 15 Moroccans
20 June	Assassination attempt on Sudanese party officials in Khartoum
21 June	Palestinian gunmen set fire to home of Lebanese citizen in Beirut
21 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Sabra and Shatila camps killing 38 and wounding 352
22 June	Iran attacks Philippine tanker in Gulf killing 1
23 June	Explosion in Lebanese radio station wounds 1
24 June	Announcement that in recent attacks 50 Sudanese tribal members were killed by rival ethnic groups, including 6 pregnant women
24 June	Lebanese Prime Minister Karami's home attacked by rockets
25 June	"Black Palm Organization" claims the killing of 13 Syrian officers in Tripoli, Lebanon
26 June	Amal kidnaps 6 Palestinians in Beirut
26 June	Hezbollah and pro-Syrian groups clash in Palestinian camps around Beirut
26 June	Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Tyre killing 1
27 June	Fighting erupts around Beirut between Shiite and Palestinian gunmen killing 7 and wounding 36
27 June	Iran attacks 2 oil tankers in the Gulf injuring 7 seamen
27 June	Fighting breaks out around Beirut among members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
27 June	33 reported killed in fighting between rival militias in southern Sudan
28 June	Iran shells civilian sectors of Kirkuk, Iraq
28 June	"Black Palm Organization" attempts to assassinate chief Syrian intelligence officer in Lebanon
29 June	Car bomb in Beirut seriously injures SSNP official
29 June	Arafat announces 2,000 casualty toll from 7 weeks of fighting in Palestinian refugee camps in and around Beirut
29 June	Fierce fighting breaks out in northern Lebanon between SSNP and members of "Islamic Unification Movement"
29 June	Iraq bombs 2 Iranian villages killing 5 civilians and wounding 28
30 June	Fighting erupts north of Sidon between Palestinians and members of Nasserite Popular Organization
30 June	500 Iraqis killed in Iranian Mehran offensive

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