January Sunday 02-2000:

Hizbullah on al-Quds Day: the Holy city is alive…(1)
Hizbullah Secretary his Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah underlined that al-Quds (Jerusalem) is an eternal historical truth that can never be abolished, forged, lost or forgotten.

Speaking at the annual parade held by Hizbullah in Beirut to mark al-Quds Day, Sayyed Nasrallah said, "Marking this occasion every year has two sides: marking al-Quds Day and marking the course and method of al-Quds' imam, the Ummah's imam, inspirer, leader, the revolution's maker, the resurrection creator, the one who restored religion and hope in the twentieth century and on the eve of the third millennium: the Great Imam Khomeini."

"On al-Quds Day, we need to stress some facts:
First, when we say al-Quds, we don't mean Eastern al-Quds, or the holy city itself, for al-Quds is a symbol that stands for all of Palestine and all the Ummah that is targeted by the Zionist arrogant project which has been underway in our countries for over 50 years.

"Let the whole world hear these final words, before and after the settlement process: "Israel" is a cancerous usurping entity that has no legitimacy or legality; it was established on terrorism, usurpation, injustice, suppression, expulsion of peoples, and perpetrating massacres.

"Israel can never become legal or legitimate as a result of signatures, settlements, or accords. No one on this earth has the right to give one grain of sand from Palestine to these Jewish usurpers.

"As for us, the Ummah of Hizbullah, as part of this opposed and targeted nation on the eve of the third millennium, we say it publicly, with our voices and blood, with all strength: we do not recognize that a state, even village or farm, called Israel exists, even if the whole world recognizes it; Israel, will always be the enemy.

"It can never become friend or neighbor, one can not talk about coexistence or neighborhood with the criminals, racists, killers, massacre perpetrators in Lebanon, Palestine and the Arab world. These facts can not be abolished by accords; "Israel" is still an enemy in the eyes of the people in Egypt and Jordan. It will always be as such as far as the peoples of our Arab and Islamic Ummah are concerned.

"Lebanon, all of Lebanon, will not forsake one grain of its national soil or any of its national rights: our soil is not only the patches which have been added recently to the fence area, or the Shibaa farmsteads, for the seven villages are also part and parcel of Lebanon. No Lebanese, no matter what his position is, has the right to give up these territories.

"We don't have to make concessions or pay prices, for our territories are being recovered with the blood of our martyrs, with the sweat of our resistance men, with the patience of the martyrs' mothers, with the orphans' tears.

"The Ummah has to examine two models: that of the resistance in Lebanon and that of Arafat's negotiations, then the Ummah can choose.

Hizbullah Secretary General announces martyr's name…(2)
Hizbullah Secretary General his Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced that the martyr who carried out Thursday's martyrdom attack against the "Israeli" occupation forces was Ammar Hussein Hammoud.

Ammar is the brother of Martyr Mohammed Hammoud who was martyred a year ago and his body is still held by the occupation forces, Sayyed Nasrallah said.

"Ammar was born in the occupied town of Dibbeen (Marjeyoun district) in 1979, he joined IR in 1995, was member of the martyrdom brigades since these brigades were established. He was martyred while fasting on al-Qadr Night in 1420 A.H. - January 30, 1999.

I would like to say something about this martyr's family which I had talked about at an earlier rally at the Secretariat Square when we received the half-track which was captured by IR men from the occupation forces' outpost in Bait Yahoun.

"I told you then that I was visited by the father of a martyr who had six sons, one of them was martyred.

"The father, who came along with his wife and sons, told me, 'Martyr Mohammed has gone to his Lord; we are satisfied and proud about that. But we are here, my wife, my sons, and myself, to tell you that my five sons are to be offered as sacrifices to this course. They are at your service. If all the children are martyred, I am ready to be martyred and so is my wife.'

"Only a few months after this meeting, one of the five came to be the Martyr of al-Qadr Night.

"As for martyr Ammar, when I bid him farewell he told me, "I heard that if a family offers two martyrs, the rest of the sons are not allowed to take part in Resistance operations. I want my brothers excluded from this decision and allowed to go along the path of Jihad and Martyrdom, for I don't want to shut this great door in the faces of my four brothers whom I love and want to be resistance men and martyrs."

"As for the father, when he received the news he said, 'I have fulfilled my pledge and I keep the vow I made along with my four sons.'

Sayyed Nasrallah commented, "these are our martyrs and these are their families."

Al-Quds Day: rallies, parades all over the country…(3)
Hizbullah marked al-Quds day at Martyr Hadi Nasrallah's Avenue in Beirut in the presence of Hizbullah's Secretary General his Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the party leadership, MPs Ahmed Swaid, Marwan Fares, Abdallah Qasir, Ali al-Khalil, Iranian Ambassador in Beirut Mohammed Sobhani, President of the General Labor Confederation Elias Abu Rizq (heading a GLC delegation), Engineers' Chief Samir Dumet, Lebanese and Palestinian party representative, political, religious and military figures.

Following Quranic verses, Imam Mahdi Scouts' Musical Division approached the main platform and played Hizbullah's Anthem. The brigades then started advancing as the musical division played the Lebanese National Anthem.

The other brigades followed including Al-Quds' First Brigade, the Commander Martyrs' Brigade, the Martyrdom Brigade, and the Palestinian commander Martyrs' Brigade.

In Beqaa, Hizbullah held in Marjet Ras al-Ain a rally that included parades by scouts, Resistance Brigades, Hizbullah Mobilization Unit who trod the "Israeli" flag.

Hizbullah Shura Council Members Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek delivered a speech at the rally.

In western Beqaa a rally and a march were held with participants chanting and carrying slogans affirming that they adhere to Resistance and to Imam Khomeini's course.

Head of Hizbullah's Faithfulness to the Resistance bloc MP Sayyed Ibrahim Ameen al-Sayyed spoke at the rally.

In the southern city of Tyre, a massive rally and parade were organized while Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General his Eminence Sayyed Sheikh Nahim Qassem reiterated the pledge of al-Quds Day.

Sidon Justice Sheikh Ahmed al-Zein and Hizbullah's Political Council Chief MP Mohammed Raad delivered speeches at a rally held in the southern town.

Moreover, there were massive rallies on the occasion in the Palestinian camps of Biddawi (North), Wafel (Baalback), Bourj al-Barajneh (Beirut), al-Bourj al-Shamali (south).

"Israeli" Aggressions…(4)

In its statement, the IR reported the following "Israeli" aggressions:

00:10, the surroundings of Zaffateh compound came under three 155mm missiles and a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.

00:45, Mount Sojod was bombarded by twenty eight 120 and 155mm missiles, whereas the surroundings of Sojod outpost exposed to a barrage of 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds.

1:10, one 155mm missile fell on Mount Zaatar and another one on Qaissieh Valley.

14:10, six 120mm shells were fired at Abou Rashed heights.

14:40, a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds struck the residential neighborhoods of Majdal Zoun village.

Between 19:40 and 23:00, the perimeters of Haddatha town came under fourteen 155mm missiles, more than four 120mm shells and several 81mm rounds.

19:40, the outskirts of Haddatha-Aita El-Jabal exposed to 12.7mm heavy machine gun fire.

19:45, the surroundings of Beit Yahoun outpost exposed to heavy machine gun bullets.

22:05, a barrage of heavy machine gun rounds targeted the surroundings of Haddatha compound.

22:35, Mount Zaatar was shelled by a number of 155mm missiles.

Military Operations…(5)

The IR team of martyrs Ali Mahmoud Assi and Shaaban Youssef El-Mokdad attacked, at 00:00, Sojod compound with the machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades igniting a blaze.

Meanwhile, the IR squad of martyrs Majed Taleb Jaffal and Ali Kamel Jahjah was rushing upon an "Israeli" infantry force at Rihan hilltops. The militants, who used the adequate arms, were able score direct hits.

Also, the IR group of martyrs Hussein Mazloum and Ali Midlej detonated, at 7:30, a powerful explosive device at one of Ahmadieh position's fortification. This was accompanied by a close-range attack in which the militants used the machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades destroying a number of its fortifications.

Ten minutes later, the IR team of martyr Bilal El-Bazzal in the Artillery Reinforcement Unit (ARU) bombarded the "Israeli" emplacements of Abou Qamha and Ahmadieh with the proper arms chalking up direct and accurate goals.

Moreover, the IR men observed, at 19:30, enemy movements near Haddatha compound. Immediately afterwards, the IR squad of martyrs Samer Hassan Ghassani and Adnan Hassan Farhat rushed upon them with the appropriate weapons scoring direct goals.

At the same time, the IR mujahedeen spotted enemy military vehicles as they were traveling on the road linking between Rihan and Sojod. Shortly afterwards, the IR group of martyrs Hassan Shouman and Abbas El-Ansari targeted them with the rocket-propelled grenades chalking up definite hits.

Three hours later, the militants spotted enemy movements at Haddatha compound. Then, the IR team of martyrs Ali Mustafa Kahin and Mohammad Hussein Awada fell upon them with the adequate arms scoring direct and certain goals.

Footnotes:
1- Al-Manar TV, 1-1-2000.
2- Same source.
3- Same source.
4- IR statement, 1-1-2000.
5- Same source.