The remaining Republican guerrillas simply hid their arms and went home.

The owner of the house where the guerrillas hid was also killed.

According to the government, the guerrillas delayed turning over the corpses to let decomposition hide evidence of how they died.

Israel said it killed several Palestinians, arrested several others and destroyed a house in which a wanted guerrilla was hiding.

Security forces reportedly summarily executed a civilian who resided in the house where the guerrillas hid.

The soldiers had lunch on a hill without realizing that the guerrillas were hiding on the edge of a creek beneath them.

"But the guerrillas are not giving up their weapons, which they will stash away in their homes and other hiding places," a Hezbollah official said.

"Look, the guerrillas hide themselves within the civilian population, they manipulate the population".

The guerrillas were hiding in rocky terrain near the village when the soldiers discovered them, the spokesman said.

Its military officers say they believe 300 guerrillas are still hiding in northern Namibia.