"There were 103 "Israeli" air, ground and sea aggressions against over 100 Lebanese areas and neighborhoods during February 1999".

"Air aggressions constituted 30.9% of the gross aggressions; they were 34.9% last January.

Enemy warplanes staged 17 raids on areas in the south and the western Beqaa.

""Israeli" fighters raided the Jib Swaid area (the woods of the Majdel Zoen town) on Feb. 4, 1999; an area between Khorbet Selim, Wadi Slouqi and Bourj Qalawieh on Feb. 11 (twice); an area between Zibqeen and Jbal al-Botom on Feb. 14; the woods of Jbal al-Botom on Feb. 15; an area between Jbal al-Botom and al-Shaitieh (twice) and on Feb. 22; Wadi Zillaya, al-Jabour Hilltops, and Mount Abu Rashed on Feb. 23; the area of Bani Hayyan (near Markaba) on Feb. 24; Mount al-Rafieh on Feb. 27; Ain al-Khanouq area, Dair Intar, Kafra, Yatar, the Khawam Hotel (Eastern Baalbek), Na'ameh hilltops, Ain al-Mizrab, Ain al-Mallouleh, the outskirts of Jbaa, Wadi al-Assi, Dlaitoun, and Wadi Zillaya on Feb. 27."

"On the other hand, the "Israeli" bombardment of Haddatha on Feb. 7, hit the Unifil's Irish Battalion HQ and wounded two of its troops.

"On Feb. 6, the "Israeli" shelling of residential neighborhoods in Majdel Selim wounded 11 Lebanese civilians most of them are elderly or children. They are: Fatima al-Maaz (60), Fatima Abed Ali Moslem (50), Samir Ali Merhi (45), Ataallah Yassin (45), Waradi Yassin (75), Sheikh Naji Hamadeh (35), Dr. Ali Hussein Yassin (25), Mohammed al-Maaz (10), Zeinab al-Maaz (15), Abbas al-Maaz and Hussein al-Maaz (two and a half)", "Moreover, the bombardment of Arabsalim on Feb. 21 wounded Mrs. Sanaa Shibani, 33.

"The occupation forces also added another massacre to their record which is full of crimes against children".

"On Feb. 12, a cluster bomb dating back to the April 1996 aggression went off in a field in Toul (Nabatieh) killing 5-year-old Ahmed Raed Moqalled and wounding his toddler friend Mahmoud Hussein Hamadi, 2 years".

"The massacre was widely condemned by political, social, religious, and health groups.
On Feb. 15, enemy warplanes dropped in the town of Siddeqeen an object which exploded and seriously burned Mohammed Nabih Balhas, 10.

"On Feb. 18, 14-year-old Hassan Talal Fneish sustained serious burns in the face as he was playing near his house in Maaroub with a booby-trapped toy that was left from the April 1996 aggression.
"On the other hand, "Israeli" gunboats stopped and searched two ships off the Tyre shore. The vessels were forced to pay the occupation forces before being allowed to disembark in the town's port.

"Concerning the "Israeli" practices inside the occupied zone, the occupation forces stormed the towns of Houla, Shibaa, and Tair Hirfa.

"On Feb. 5, a force of the Lahd militia's 20th battalion, commanded by the chief of the battalion Joseph Karam (alias Alloush), stormed the police station in Sfarieh.

"The force was looking for "conscript" militiaman Ellie Khalil. The militiamen wanted one of the Internal Security Forces' (ISF) men, a Basil Labbos, whom they accused of facilitating Khalil's escape out of the occupied zone.

"On Feb. 11, occupation forces stormed the town of Shibaa following the desertion of the militia's security chief in the town.

"Collaborator militiamen on Feb. 14 stormed several houses belonging to people who had been expelled by the occupation from the town of Tair Harfa.

The militiamen occupied the houses after ransacking and stealing their furniture.

On Feb. 16, occupation forces conducted a serious and surprising measure when they annexed the town of Arnoun into the so-called "security zone". The enemy forces placed barbed wires around the town isolating it from the adjacent liberated areas".

"Lebanon condemned the new aggressive measure which was confronted by official and popular protests".

"Students from all Lebanese universities and sects demonstrated on Feb. 26. They removed the barbed wires and crossed a fake land-mine field, thus liberating the town.

"On Feb. 6, occupation forces stormed the town of Houla following an Islamic Resistance operation which killed the Lahd militia's security chief in the town.

"Tens of residents were subjected to investigation. Some of them were detained by the occupation. Reports said some of the detainees were militia members.

"On Feb. 10, militiamen of the Twentieth battalion detained three militiamen who had deserted in the town of Arnoun. The militiamen are Habib Martinos, George Martinos, and Milad Iskandar.

"On Feb. 26, collaborator militiamen detained ISF man Hatem Jaber for unknown reasons.
"Israeli" occupation forces on Feb. 1, expelled Mrs. Jihad Hussein Moussa Nassar, 40, from her hometown of Shibaa without giving a reason".

"On Feb. 10, the collaborator militia's security chief in the town of Shibaa, Mohammed Nabaa, fled the occupied zone along with his wife and six-year-old son. He gave himself in to Lebanese authorities.

Press reports said a significant number of collaborators from the Marjeyoun area, the town of Qilia in particular, has left for Sweden via occupied Palestine. Agent Joseph Khouri and his family were among them".

"Following the Islamic Resistance's operation against an "Israeli" command convoy which resulted in the killing of the liaison unit commander Erez Gerestein and three others, the occupation forces isolated the Hasbayya area by closing the road between this area and Marjeyoun, while imposing curfew on the towns surrounding the operation site, especially Ibel al-Saqi, Kawkaba, Hasbayya, Abu Qamha, al-Ferdiss, al-Habarieh, Rashaya al-Fokhar, Kfar Romman, and al-Majidieh".

'Moreover, the occupation forces closed the crossings linking the occupied zone with the liberated areas".

"On the other hand, "Israeli" war minister Moshe Arens and his officers gave an "honorary" celebration to chief collaborator Antoine Lahd in an attempt to restore some prestige to the man whose suspicious deals and smuggling operations had been disclosed by "Israeli" Daily Ha'aretz'.

"The celebration which was held in Tabaria in occupied Palestine was attended, besides Arens, by "Israeli" coordinator in Lebanon Uri Lubrani, chief of staff Shaul Mofaz, northern area commander Gaby Ashkenazi, and liaison unit commander Erez Gerestein".

"On Feb. 10, security reports said agent Antoine Lahd visited Jezzine and listened to residents' complaints about agent Joseph Karam and his militiamen's harassment against them.

"These aggressions resulted in the martyrdom of a toddler; wounding 15 civilians and two UNIFIL troops; detaining a citizen and 3 militiamen; expelling a woman; and damaging 51 houses, 9 cars, 4 shops and a dispensary in the town of Aita al-Jabal".