Distr. GENERAL

s/11057/Aaa.107 4 December,1973

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Further--- reporb on the status of the cease-fire in the Middle East

'The fol%owing infomnatisn has been received from the Acting Chief of'Staff of UNTSO with regard to the situation in the Israel- sector on 3 December 1973: ,i 1. Reports on ground activity: 1

(a) OP Ras: lL/ Between Ok3 2_/ and 0416 Israel forces personnel d reoccupied position at AMEX1907-2749 31 north of border pillar 19. !'! (b) Ol? Mar: Between 0455 and 1425 Israel forces personnel and :-, vehicle reoccupied position at AMR 2004-2901+ west of border pillar.33. ;: (c) OF' Hin: Between 0740 and 1400 Israel forces personnel reoccupied position at A!! 1799-2788 'near border pillar 11. Between 2226 and 2240 mortar fire by Israel forces.

(d) 023 Khiam: Between 2132 and 2205 mortar fire by Israel forces. Between 2225 and 2235 artillery fire by Israel forces (confirmed by OP Mar).,

2. Re-ports on air activity:

OP Kkim: Between 1019 and 1020 two Israel forces jet aircraft, flying south-east to north-west, turning west, then south-west, were first observed east-south-east and last observed west-south-west of OP (confirmed by OP Ras).

3. Complaints by the parties: Complaints have been recieved from Lebanon alleging that: (a) On 1 and 2 December one Israel forces patrol consisting of two armoured personnel carriers penetrated Lebanese territory in the region of Chebaa and occupied position AMR 1519-1555 throughout the day. 1---- &/ The locations of the observation posts are given in document S/11057. ', 5?/ All times GMT. z/ AMR - approximate map reference. I_ 73-28741 / . . l

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(b) During the night of l/2 December several rounds of mortar and artillery fire coming from Israel territory fell in the Lebanese regions of Rachaiya El Foukhar (AMR 2127-3065); El Khraibe (AMR 2104-3047) and Ramiye (AMR 1795-2795). Material damage was reported.

(c) On 2 December between 1025 and 1030 two Israel forces jet aircraft overflew the Lebanese regions of Marjayoun (AMR 2056-3074) 9 Nabatiye (Am 1958-3090) and (AMR X629-28@). (d) On 2 December between 1600 and 1715 several rounds of mortar fire coming from Israel territory fell in the Lebanese regions of (AMR 1700-2833), T air Barfa (AMR 1705-2811), El Khochm (A?JE?1681-2792), Btaichiye (AMR 1698-2792), (AMR 1723-2789), (AMR IL675-2786), and Naqoura., Material damage .was reported, (e) On 3 December between 1030 and 1035 two Israel forces jet aircraft overflew the Lebanese regions of Marjayoun, Nabatiye and Yaroun (AMR 1897-2761).

Complaint (a) was confirmedby United Nations observation (see S/l1057/Add.l04, para. 1 (c)). Complaint (e) was confirmed by United Nations observation for that portion within observation range of OPS Khiam 'and Ras, although there is a discrepancy in time (see paragraph 2). Complaints (a), (b) and (c) were not confirmed by United Nations observation,