Daily Report
 
 
September Monday 7 -1998:
 

"Israeli" Aggressions:
In its communiqué, the Islamic Resistance mentioned the following "Israeli" aggressions (1):
6:20, Meis El-Jabal emplacement unleashed seven 155mm missiles at Aissieh Valley.
7:05, Zohaira position targeted west of Yater village with three 155mm missiles.
8:45, Sojod village was hit by three 155mm shells originating from Zaffateh compound.
9:00, the warplanes flew over the areas of Western Sector of Southern Lebanon.
9:10, one 155mm missile emanating from Zohaira position fell on west of Yater.
Between 10:00 and 10:30, Mount-Sojod exposed to one 120mm shell and two 81mm shells originating from Rihan emplacement.
11:45, an M.K. surveillance aircraft hovered over the sea opposite to Ouzai town.
12:50, a drone reconnaissance plane flew, at middle height, over Rashidieh and Ras El-Ain.
13:05, an M.K. surveillance aircraft soared over Iqleem Al-Toffah heights.
14:05, Mazraat Hamra was shelled by four 155mm missiles emanating from Shraifeh position. Meanwhile, an M.K. surveillance aircraft soared very high in the airspace of Western Sector areas.
14:10, Shraifeh position fired four 155mm missiles at Mazraat Hamra.
15:45, the warplanes flew in the airspace of Beirut.
19:45, the "Israeli" choppers hovered over the area of Aishieh town.
19:50, two helicopters soared, at middle height, over Markaba and Meskaf-Am areas.
20;10, two helicopters hovered over Taibeh - Izzieh and Deir Siryan towns.
20:45, three 81mm shells fell on the perimeters of Sojod village.
20:50, the choppers hovered, at low and middle altitudes, over Blat and Bassil areas.
21:00, Aqmata plain came under five 155mm missiles originating from Zaffateh compound.
21:10, Shraifeh position targeted Mazraat Hamra with three 155mm missiles.
23:00, Rihan emplacement unleashed six 120mm shells at Mount-Al Rafih, whereas Bir Kallab outpost showered its surroundings with a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds.

"Lebanon Watch" - Australia
URGENT Memorandum… (2)
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel;

"Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment'.

"Article 5; Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
                 19 August 1998

"Lebanon watch - Australia fears that Ghassan sa'id Lebanese national and member of the Lebanese national resistance front could be subjected to torture and ill-treatment by "Israeli" forces or the Antoine Lahd militias allied to "Israel", after being captured on 16 August 1998. The another Lebanese national Pierre Abu Joudi was reportedly killed during the same operation .against Lahd militias on the night of 16 August , in the eastern sector of the Israeli occupation zone in south Lebanon".

"According to a statement issued by the Amnesty International ,Ghassan Sa'id has been taken to "Israel" where he held incommunicado without access to lowyers or the international committee of the red cross ( ICRC) and subjected to torture ,or to the notorious Khiam Detention Center in south Lebanon , where detainees have been held for up to 13 years without charge or trail."

"We call on the international community and humanitarian organization as well as relevant the international and national bodies to apply pressure on "Israel" to:

Seeking assurances that Ghassan sa'id will not be subjected to any form of torture or ill treatment, as required by Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

Urging "Israel" and Lahd militias to ensure that he promptly resaves any medical treatment he requires;

"Calling for him to be given immediate regular access to the international committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a lawyer of his own choice and his family, in accordance with international human rights standards and humanitarian law;

"Calling for immediate release and fair trail."

Monitors meet on truce violations in South Lebanon… (3)
"The five-nation monitoring group supervising a cease-fire in southern Lebanon met on Monday to discuss three complaints filed by Lebanon and "Israel" over truce violations. The committee comprising members from France, the United States, Syria, "Israel" and Lebanon met at the border town of Naqoura.  Lebanon lodged a complaint over the wounding of a Lebanese woman in Mashghara in the western Beqaa last Tuesday by "Israeli" shelling on the village that also caused property damage. According to sources close to the committee Lebanon will add to its complaint the shelling on the village on Mansouri that took place on Sunday. The "Israeli" shelling caused damage to at least four cars."

Agent Lahd Wins Over Agent Abu Arz … (4)
"The long battle between collaborators Antoine Lahd, chief of the collaborator militia, and Etian Saqr (Abu Arz) has been settled in the interest of Lahd, as Abu Arz fled with his family to Tel Aviv", the Jordanian al-Arab al-Yaoum daily said.

"Abu Arz is now living in a house provided by the Mossad after a deal between Lahd and the "Israeli" intelligence was reached to resolve the conflict between the two agents in which Shabak and Mossad took part", the daily added.

"A state of tension had prevailed in the occupied zone when Abu Arz tried to extend his influence in the occupied zone at the expense of Lahd's."

Senior collaborators expelled by Bleeda residents… (5)
"A fierce argument took place between some of the residents in the occupied town of Bleeda on one hand and some senior collaborators on the other, over the death of collaborator militiaman Kamal Ramez Qawar during a resistance operation on the Qantara outpost late last month", reports from the occupied zone said.

"A delegation of senior "Israeli" agents including Aql Hashem, Robin Abboud, Abu Burhan and Hasseb Bahij Farhat (the town's security chief in the collaborator militia) visited the town carrying a wreath to offer condolences to the killed militiaman's family. The killed collaborator's sister, Layla, yelled at the agents and trod the wreath with her feet", a Bleeda residents' communiqué read.

"After that the family and some residents intervened and expelled the agents from the house holding them responsible for the killing of their son who had applied to the collaborator militia asking for his demobilization, but was never granted one", the communiqué added.

"The residents insulted, in particular, agent Farhat who had recruited Qawar, along with many others."

"The Bleeda town residents said no one could escape recruitment in the collaborator militia except for those who could pay $5000 or those who fled to Beirut before being conscripted."

IR Operations… (6)
The IR announced that the squad of two martyrs Haidar Nayef Assaad and Mustafa Nahim Haidar attacked at, 9:45am, Sojod outpost with the rocket-propelled grenades striking its fortifications.



Footnotes:
1- IR statement, 7-9-1998.
2- Lebanon Watch - Australia, 7-9-1998.
3- Future TV, 7-9-1998.
4- Al-Manar TV, 7-9-1998.
5- Same source.
6- IR statement, 7-9-1998.