Daily Report

“Israeli” aggressions
18:55 three 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Jibaa.
19:50 five 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Jibaa.
21:25 five 155m shells landed on the outskirts of Al-Loweizeh.
21:55 five 155m shells landed on Mount Sujud.
23:18 two 120mm shells landed on Mount Sujud.
23:30 one 155mm shell landed on Mount Abu-Rkab.
05:25 four 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Hadatha.
06:00 three 155mm shells landed in the Hadatha forest.
06:05 four 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Al-Loweizeh.
15:30 12.7mm machine gun fire combed the vicinity of the Salaa and Al-Kasir posts.
16:30 four 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Mount Al-Butum and eight 155mm shells landed in southern Yater.
16:45 “Israeli” warplanes raided the area between the Mount Al-Butum and Yater firing one air to ground missile. Twenty 155mm shells landed on the outskirts of Sidiqeen.
16:55 twelve 155mm shells landed on Mount Al-Kabir west of Sidiqeen with the combing of the Baseel area with 12.7mm machine gun fire.
17:00 “Israeli” warplanes raided western Yater firing four air to ground missiles.
17:05 twelve 155mm shells landed in western Sidiqeen.
17:18 “Israeli” warplanes raided Mount Al-Kabir to the west of Sidiqeen.
17:38 “Israeli” warplanes raided Mount Al-Kabir.
17:43 “Israeli” warplanes raided Mount Al-Kabir.

Military operations
The Islamic Resistance's (IR) squad of Martyrs Ali Zahri and Saed Farran at 16:20 Tuesday set an ambush for an Israeli motorized force in the vicinity of the occupation's outpost in Ramia.

When the force reached the ambush site, IR men peppered it with their machine guns, inflicting definite casualties in the enmy ranks.

In the meantime, squad of Martyrs Ahmed Sbeiti and Ahmed Jaafar attacked the same force with the appropriate weapons, while squad of Martyrs Mohammed Balhas and Ali Bakri attacked the occupation's outpost in Blatt with rocket propelled grenades scoring definite hits.

Furthermore, squad of Martyrs Moussa Adib and Hussein Borji attacked the Blatt outpost with the appropriate weapons and hit its two sotuhern ramparts. Smoke billowed from the outpost as some of its equipment was set ablaze.

Israeli aggressions target southern areas

Two Israeli helicopters at 5:00 a.m. Tuesday raked the wadis between Majdel Zoen and Yater with heavy machine-gun fire.
In the meantime, the occupation's artillery bombarded the woods of Haddatha, Mount Sojod and Mount Abu Rkab.

Furthermore, the enemy's warplanes at 10:15 broke the sound barrier over the capital Beirut three times.

AUMG discusses occupation's violations
The repeated violations by the Israeli occupation forces of the April Understanding were discussed today by the understanding's panel which includes Lebanon. Syria, France, the US, and the Israeli entity.

AUMG examined 11 Lebanese complaints over the damage inflicted on 24 houses in villages hit by the Israeli occupation's bombardment and air raids.

The occupation forces filed 5 complaints claiming that the Resistance fired on occupation forces from populated areas.

Vedrine relayed Barak's threats, Lahoud: "strikes and intimidation will not change our position"
Lebanese official sources unveiled that French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine relayed - during his visit to Beirut last week - the threats made by the Israeli entity's prime Minister Ehud Barak against Lebanon and Syria.

After he stated his view regarding the settlement process in the region, Vedrine told President Gen Emile Lahoud that Barak - during his Paris visit - told the French officials that he will withdraw unilaterally if the Syrians did not accept to resume negotiations, the sources said.

"Barak added that if Lebanon also refused to start talks, the Israeli army would withdraw and guarantee its borders' security by itself."

Vedrine said Barak's threat was clear. The Israeli official told French President Jacques Chirac that any military activity from the Lebanese side of the border will be met with large (Israeli) military operations that will include Lebanese infrastructures and the Lebanese and Syrian armies on Lebanese territories.

The Lebanese official sources said President Lahoud told Vedrine, "These statements are not new. We have been receiving such threats for some time and we know all their details."

Our position is based on clear calculations and invariable stands that are not subject to debate or discussion, Lahoud said, adding "Just and comprehensive peace cannot be achieved unless "Israel" withdraws from Syria and Lebanon, along with the release of the detainees in the enemy prisons, and finding a solution for the issue of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the Arab countries."

The president added, according to the sources, "All intimidation and strikes will not be able to drag us into a position different from the one we embrace in established conviction."

Separation of (Lebanese and Syrian) tracks means internal destruction of Lebanon, and we know this very well, Lahoud concluded.

Detainees in Israeli prisons will be heroes, President ...(1)
President Gen Emile Lahoud said on Monday that Lebanese detainees would go down in history as "heroes," having made great sacrifices for their country.

Lahoud was speaking during an audience in Baabda with Mustafa Tawbeh and his teenage son, Ali, who were released from Israeli al-Khiam detention center last week. The president stressed that "regaining our territories and rights cannot come as a coincidence. It is the direct result of daily sacrifices, resistance operations and steadfastness in the face of the occupation."

He pledged to spare no effort to secure the release of all detainees, stressing that "the detention by Israel of civilians is a flagrant violation of international law and conventions."

Hizbullah blasts Blat and Ramieh with mortars and machine guns ...(2)
Hizbullah fighters on Tuesday mounted attacks against Israeli targets in Blat and Ramieh during which several mortar rounds exploded in the northern Galilee.

According to a statement by Hizbullah, the afternoon operation targeted an Israeli armored patrol near the Ramieh outpost, which is located on the border. While one squad attacked the soldiers with machine guns, a support team fired mortar rounds at the Israeli position, the statement said. Security sources said that some of the mortar shells landed inside Israel but caused no damage.

Simultaneously, a second Hizbullah squad attacked the hilltop Blat position, 500 meters north of the border and 2 kilometers from Ramieh. The statement said a mortar team destroyed some of the post’s fortifications and set fire to equipment.

Israeli warplanes responded with air strikes north of the zone in the vicinity of Yater. Some 10 bombs were dropped in three sorties into wadis between Yater, Zibqine and Jabal Botom in a bid to hit Hizbullah’s mortar teams.

No casualties were reported.

Prime Minister Salim Hoss is scheduled to meet a delegation from Palestinian Islamic Jihad Wednesday. The delegation, headed by Abu Imad Rifai, is expected to discuss the premier’s call for Palestinian groups to refrain from attacking Israeli targets in south Lebanon.

Jihad’s resumption of military operations in the south last month has raised fears that Palestinian groups could destabilize the area following an Israeli troop withdrawal. Jihad has so far refused to say whether it will abide by Hoss’ demand.

The five-nation Monitoring Group on Tuesday blamed both Lebanon and Israel for violating the April Understanding.

The group, which comprises delegates from Lebanon, Syria, France, Israel and the US, convened in Naqoura at 10am to hear 16 complaints.

Lebanon filed 11 over extensive property damage in villages such as Braachit, Haddatha, Jarjoue, Khirbet Silm, Arab Salim and Zawtar Gharbieh from Israeli shelling and air strikes. The group blamed Israel for violating the understanding on all 11 counts.

Similarly, Lebanon was blamed for Israel’s five complaints, three of which were accusations that the resistance launched attacks from populated areas. The remaining two complaints were for the wounding of a civilian in Houla by a recoilless rifle round and the mysterious roadside bomb explosion in the center of Markaba. The unclaimed bomb attack occurred on Saturday and had no specific target. The group acknowledged that the bombing required further investigation.

Six weeks after Major General Joiji Konrote departed Lebanon at the end of his two-year term as UNIFIL commander, UN headquarters in New York has finally named his successor, Major General Seth Kofi Obeng, a Ghanaian. Obeng will take up his new post on Dec. 1.

Obeng was apparently the leading candidate for some time before his appointment was confirmed. However, the delay stemmed from the UN having to seek approval from both Lebanon and Israel over the appointment. A UN source said that an additional problem was the Finnish government hoping to field its own candidate as UNIFIL commander. Finland contributes a battalion to the 4,500-strong peacekeeping force. “It wasn’t a serious effort by the Finns as they could hardly oppose someone from Kofi Annan’s own country,” the source said.