October Friday 1 -1999:

"Israeli" aggressions: 2 raids and artillery bombardment…(1)
""Israeli" occupation's warplanes at 9:25 Thursday raided Wadi al-Hijari (between the towns of Maifadoun and Zawtar al-Sharqieh).

"The enemy warplanes fired two air-to-ground missiles that exploded 100 meters away from the houses of Zawtar, inflicting on them various types of damage.

The houses belong to Mohammed Deeb Qassem, Amin Khalil Qassem and Mohammed Ameen Qassem.

"The enemy planes at 15:10 targeted the area between Sojod and Oqmata in Iqleem al-Toffah, firing two air-to-ground missiles which ignited fires that Civil Defence men were not able to put out.

Earlier, the "Israeli" artillery bombarded the Yohmor Plain, the Litani River gorge and the Hamra Farmstead with a number of 155mm rounds.

"At dawn, the occupation pounded the Zahrani River gorge, Mount al-Rafih (Iqleem al-Toffah), the outskirts of Yater and Jibal al-Botom with different types of rounds. The shelling went on sporadically until sunset.

"At 19:00 yesterday (Wednesday) "Israeli" warplanes raided the Froun area firing a number of missiles that set fires in neighboring groves.

"Lebanese security sources disclosed that the occupation has been deliberately using incendiary phosphorus bombs when shelling hilltops and wadis in the south and the western Beqaa.

"Such bombardment yesterday set fires that devoured thousands of square meters of planted fields and bushes. Civil Defense teams, in cooperation with residents, tried to extinguish the fires, but they were targeted by shots fired from the outposts of the occupation forces and their collaborators".

In its statement, the "Israeli" occupation forces staged the following "Israeli" aggressions on the Lebanese liberated areas (3):
8:30, five 155mm missiles landed Mazraat Hamra area.
9:25, the "Israeli" warplanes raided into Rweisat area, outskirts of Zawtar Sharqieh town.
14:58, the "Israeli" fighter-bombers dropped two air-to-ground rockets into the perimeters of Oqmata.
18:05, Mount Zaatar was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
Between 20:00 and 20:30, the surroundings of Mashaaroun outpost exposed to a sporadic barrages of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
21:15, six 155mm missiles slammed into Mazraat Hamra.
21:30, three 120mm flare shells were fired over the areas of Dallafeh and Ain El-Tineh.

LEBANON ACCUSES "ISRAEL" OF INTRANSIGENCE…(2)
"Lebanese parliament's foreign relations committee in Beirut today (yesterday) discussed "Israel's" latest attacks against Lebanon. Prime Minister Selim Hoss who headed the meeting in his capacity as foreign minister, updated deputies on his recent discussions in New York where he attended UN General Assembly meetings. He warned that "Israel" does not seek peace as manifested in its daily attacks on Lebanese towns and villages. Parliamentary sources said following the meeting in downtown Beirut, that despite efforts underway to kick-start peace negotiations with "Israel", both sides remain far apart. Hoss reportedly stressed, neither secret nor public peace negotiations are taking place with "Israel". He also said Lebanon will not enter any peace talks if there are plans to resettle Palestinian refugees here, that is out of the question", the premier added.

2- Future TV, 30-9-1999. 

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Lull in artillery fire over as "Israel" pounds south…(1)
"With the Jewish holiday season ending over the weekend, "Israeli" artillery guns began to step up bombardments of the south after a month-long lull while warplanes continued launching air strikes in reprisal for individual resistance assaults.

"Warplanes fired missiles Sunday evening into an area near Jibaa opposite the northern sector shortly after Hizbullah fighters targeted the Bir Kallab outpost.

"Jets had earlier attacked an area just north of Yater facing the western sector of the occupation zone from where Amal guerrillas had launched a mortar attack on the Blat outpost.

The area between Yater and Kafra came under heavy bombardment at the same time. The area was also "heavily shelled Saturday following an assault on the Blat post.

"The high number of air raids throughout the south in recent days ­ 27 sorties in the past week alone ­ has come as pre-emptive and retaliatory artillery bombardments by the "Israelis" and the SLA* have significantly declined.

"The SLA militia ­ notoriously lax in taking precautions not to hit civilian areas with its mortar shells ­ has been ordered by the "Israelis" to leave any retaliation to the artillery guns ranged along the border.

"Although artillery shelling tends to be less accurate than pin-point air strikes, the "Israelis" with their 155mm guns are considerably more prudent than their militia allies.

Security sources said the "Israelis" are concerned that haphazard mortar shelling by the SLA could inflict civilian casualties which, in turn, could force Hizbullah to respond with a Katyusha attack on the settlements of northern Galilee.

"While the "Israelis" do not relish rocket attacks on Galilee at any time, the past few weeks have been particularly sensitive due to the Jewish holiday season. The holidays began with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, on Sept. 11, followed by Yom Kippur and Succot. The season ended over the weekend with Simhat Tohra.

"Security sources said the "Israeli" Army was anxious to prevent a potential barrage of criticism from northern Galilee residents if they had been forced to spend the holidays in their bomb shelters because of the threat of Katyusha attacks in retaliation for Lebanese civilian casualties caused by careless artillery fire.

"Security sources believe that pre-emptive shelling and retaliatory shelling will gradually return to normal levels in the coming days".

1- The Daily Star, 4-10-1999. 

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Three Lebanese join the list of hostages in "Israeli" prisons…(1)
"The number of Lebanese detained by the "Israeli" occupation forces and their collaborators has risen as the proxy militia arrested three citizens in the occupied zone.

"The detainees Hussein Ahmed Semhat, 39, his wife Najwa Hussein Semhat, 36, and their son Ahmed, 15, are from Ainata. The militia took the father and the son to the notorious al-Khiam detention center; the fate of the wife is still unknown.

"Their detention came as the occupation and its collaborators stormed the town of Bint Jbeil following the killing of agent Fawzi al-Sagheer last week.".

1- Al-Manar TV, 4-10-1999. 

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Civilians wounded, houses damaged in "Israeli" violation of Understanding…(1)
"Two "Israeli" helicopter gunships made a low-level dash across the central sector of the occupation zone on Tuesday morning to fire a guided missile into an abandoned home on the edge of Qabrikha Village".

"The suddenness of Tuesday’s attack stunned villagers who, had been enjoying the rare pleasure of a peaceful morning. As they chatted or went about their daily chores, they were being scrutinized by a pilotless reconnaissance plane. The "Israeli" drone had been buzzing above the village all morning, its slender crucifix shape invisible against the deep blue sky. "Little stirred in the central sector, just a cloud of dust marking the passage of a tank between the "Israeli"-manned outpost at Taibeh and the new SLA position at Mheisbat. But at around 11.30am, the village was alerted to impending trouble by the throbbing beat of approaching helicopters. Moments later an explosion rocked the village.

"Two Apache gunships emerged from a backdrop of dun-colored hills. Shedding anti-missile flares in their wake, the helicopters wheeled and turned a few hundred meters east of the village. The crack of two outgoing mortar rounds fired by the resistance came from somewhere north of the village. One of the rounds exploded just short of the Mheisbat post and beneath the helicopters. The Apaches headed back toward "Israel".

Two cars, horns blaring, raced down the road. In the back seat of the rear car, a man had his face buried in his hands.

“The helicopters fired a rocket into a house,” said one man.

A crowd had gathered in the center of the village. Several children clutching schoolbooks milled around uncertainly. The rocket attack had brought an abrupt halt to classes in the village school. Grim-faced Hizbullah members cordoned off the targeted house while their comrades sifted through the rubble.

"The missile had struck the side of the building, knocking a gaping hole in an upper floor before punching through a wall into a neighbor’s garden. Fragments of the missile lay scattered in the garden, some of the components still too hot to touch. The building, whose owner lives in Beirut, was empty at the time of the attack, the villagers insisted.

“We were all sitting together when we heard the helicopters then a loud explosion,” said Khatiba Mansour, 17, who lives next to the targeted building. “We didn’t know what had happened ­ we were very scared.”

Sitting on the floor in Khatiba’s house, a woman was sobbing. Her brother had been wounded in the blast. He was the man seen clutching his face in the back of the car as his friends took him to Tibnine Hospital. "The drone was still circling as "Israeli" artillery began pounding Wadi Qaissieh between Qabrikha and Khorbet Selem. The shells exploded in the wadi".

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) released a communiqué in which it mentioned the following "Israeli" aggressions (2):
00:30, two 155mm missiles hit the deserted Lebanese Army barracks at Nabatieh El-Fawqa.
Between 00:45 and 1:00, Kfour ravine was bombarded by twelve 155mm missiles.
At 1:20 and 1:43, the "Israeli" war jets staged two sorties into Kfour ravine.
Between 5:15 and 5:45, Mount Al-Rafih was targeted by three 155mm missiles and two 120mm shells.
7:35, the perimeters of Baraasheit town came under three 60mm rounds and a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
11:30, the "Israeli" fighter-bombers dropped two air-to-ground rockets into the house of Mohammad Hassan Salman at Qabrikha village destroying it completely and wounding a civilian.
Between 11:55 and 12:50, Qaissieh Valley was bombarded by twenty 155mm missiles.
14:25, eight 155mm missiles slammed into the peripheries of Jibaa town.
14:45, Mozlem ravine was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
15:00, ten 155mm missiles struck the area between Zibqeen and Chaitieh.
15:05, the "Israeli" warplanes raided into Intara ravine between Zibqeen and Jibal El-Botom villages.
15:15, the "Israeli" war jets fired three air-to-surface rockets into the area between Siddiqeen and Chaitieh villages.
15:25, the "Israeli" fighter-bombers dropped three air-to-ground missiles into the area between Jibal El-Botom and Zibqeen.
16:10, three 120mm shells landed Dallafeh area.
17:45, twelve 155mm missiles slammed into the west of Yater village.
18:10, the “Israeli” warplanes dropped four air-to-ground rockets into the west of Yater.
18:55, the “Israeli” war jets raided into Mount Chokair between Jibal El-Botom and Siddiqeen.
Between 19:35 and 22:40, Bassil area was bombarded by five 81mm round four 155mm missiles and three 120mm shells.
22:00, five 155mm missiles and five 120mm shells were fired at the peripheries of Yater.
At 22:27, 22:37, 22:44 and 22:51, the “Israeli” fighter-bombers launched several sorties into the perimeters of Jarjoua.
22:55, the peripheries of Nabatieh El-Fawqa came under several 81mm rounds and a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
23:45, twenty five 155mm missiles slammed into the perimeters of Siddiqeen and Chaitieh.

Occupation's suppressive measures intensified…(3)
"Israeli" occupation forces have intensified their suppressive measures against the residents of the zone "Israel" occupies in south Lebanon and its western Beqaa.

Reports from the occupied zone said the town of Ainata has been repeatedly stormed by the occupation forces and their collaborators.

"Yesterday Hussein Semhat, his wife, and their son were taken to the notorious al-Khiam detention center.
"The occupation today (yesterday) barred all the residents born in Ainata from leaving the occupied zone, the reports said, adding that similar measures have been imposed on the Bint Jbeil residents who are being harassed at the proxy militia's checkpoints while moving within the occupied zone.

"Moreover, the occupation forces prevented the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel who live in the occupied zone from entering or leaving it.

"The occupation's militiamen said the measure, which also includes civil servants' families, is the result of a decision by the "Israeli" occupation army.

"On the other hand, the occupation's engineering forces razed the sides of the roads that link Hasbaya to Ain Qinya and Shwayya. The arbitrary measure caused heavy damage in the neighboring groves and their walls".

* It is an "Israeli" nomination we absolutely reject for it contradicts with Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. This army is not but an "Israeli" agent working for realizing "Israel's" goals in Lebanon. 

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Two civilians wounded as occupation's aircraft and artillery violate April Understanding…(1)
"Two civilians were wounded in a mortar bombardment that also struck a post manned by Finnish peacekeeping soldiers on Wednesday.

"The attack came hours before Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Lebanon to discuss prospects for reviving the stalled Middle East peace talks.

"Ahmad Amasha, 55, and his son, Hassan, 29, were wounded when a mortar shell landed beside their home in Froun, at the edge of the central sector of the "Israeli"-occupied zone.

A Unifil post manned by eight Finnish peacekeepers was also hit by 120mm mortar rounds fired by the "Israeli" allied militia".
"A statement by Unifil said that the collaborators in the border zone position fired three mortar rounds, one of which hit the UN post, inflicting material damages but no casualties". "Salman Moqalled’s three-story building was completely ravaged in an "Israeli" air raids on Jarjoua in Iqleem al-Toffah late Tuesday. The houses of Youssef and Elias Chedid were also damaged in "Israeli" bombardment on Nabatieh Fawqa".

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) issued a statement in which it reported the following "Israeli" aggressions (2):
Between 00:05 and 00:55, Mount Bassil was targeted by two 155mm missiles and two 120mm shells.
At 00:17 and 00:35, the "Israeli" war jets staged two sorties into the perimeters of Siddiqeen village.
At 5:05, 5:30 and 5:40, the "Israeli" fighter-bombers raided into the hilltops of Safi.
7:10, five 81mm rounds fell on the residential neighborhoods of Froun village wounding the civilian Ahmad Amasha and his son who were moved to the hospital for treatment. Also, the Unifil post at the village was damaged.
Between 11:45 and 16:15, Oqmata plain was shelled by thirteen 155mm missiles.
14:00, the west of Yater village was bombarded by ten 155mm missiles.
Between 14:50 and 16:05, four rounds hit Mount Sojod.
14:55, Habboush River watercourse came under a number of 120mm shells, whereas the peripheries of Arab Salim town exposed to three round.
16:35, one missile struck the perimeters of Mlikh village.
20:05, five rounds fell on Aishieh ravine.
20:50, the “Israeli” helicopter gunships showered the seashore of Amerieh.
21:05, the “Israeli” choppers fired heavy machine gun bullets at the coast of Bayada.
21:35, the “Israeli” helicopter gunship opened heavy machine gun fire at the seashore of Mansouri.
21:45, an “Israeli” gunboat was seen sailing off the seashore Qlayleh.
21:55, an “Israeli” war boat was seen opposite to the coast of Abou El-Asswad firing flare shells overhead.

The air escalation indicates the enemy's quagmire, Hizbullah…(3)
"Hizbullah sources stressed that the "Israeli" escalation of air aggressions is the most powerful evidence to the enemy's quagmire.

"These assaults attempt to conceal the political losses from the Zionist public opinion which is pressuring the "Israeli" government to withdraw from Lebanon, the sources said.

"The raids are also used as a show of force especially amidst the talk about partial withdrawals with the defeatist implications of such pullouts, the sources added.

"These moves will not help intercept the blows dealt to the occupation forces. Nor will they help curb the operations launched against the enemy."

The "Israeli" occupation army admitted that it was intentionally making greater use of its air power to reduce exposing ground forces to unnecessary dangers in the zone.

"During the recent period, in the wake of new instructions, soldiers are remaining more in outposts and carrying out routine activity. For a long while now we haven't been sent to initiate activity," said an "Israeli" officer quoted in the "Israeli" Yediot Ahranot newspaper.

The officer said that it was clear to everyone that the intention to take the "Israeli" army out of Lebanon by July 2000 is the reason that activity on the ground has been reduced in order to prevent any unnecessary escalation

"Over 100 "Israeli" raids were staged during September, the highest figure in one month since the 1996 "Israeli" aggression on Lebanon".

"Israeli" aggressions against Lebanon during September 1999…(4)
There were 242 air and ground "Israeli" aggressions against Lebanon during the month of September 1999. The air aggressions constituted 25.62% of the gross aggressions, in comparison with 35.7% in August 1999.

The violence of the air raids intensified during this month as the enemy aircraft staged 44 sorties on areas in the south and the western Beqaa. These raids targeted:

- Wadi Zillaya with 2 sorties (Sep. 1),

- outskirts of Jibaa and Kfar Douneen (Sep. 2),

-The Daidaba Hilltop in Mount al-Daher, the Chaitieh-Jibal al Botom-Zibqeen Triangle and the outskirts of Zibqeen (two sorties, Sep. 14),

- The town of Libbaya, injuring Mohammed Hussein Aql, 65, who was working in a grove near the area targeted by the raid (Sep. l5),

- north of Zibqeen and the outskirts of Yater (Sep. 16),

- Mount al-Rafih Hilltop, the Sojod woods, and the Oqmata Farmstead (two sorties, Sep. 17),

- a wadi between Zillaya and Yohmor (two sorties), a wadi between Zawtar al-Gharbieh and Zawtar al-Sharqieh, the outskirts of Maifadoun, the Sawaneh area (between Zawtar al-Gharbieh and Qaaqaiet al-Jisr, an Amal member was wounded), Mount al-Assi in the outskirts of Kafra (two sorties), the Mansouri Hilltops and wadi al-Qaissieh (Sep. 19),

- the triangle of Hinnieh-Zibqeen-Jibal al-Botom (two sorties), the Chaitieh outskirts and an area between Chaitieh and Zibqeen (Sep. 20),

-Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge (near the Dallafeh outskirts Sep. 21),

- Ain al-Smahie area (Zawtar al-Sharqieh), Mount al-Kabir (west of Siddiqeen), Wadi al-Qaissieh, two sorties on the outskirts of Jibaa, one Lebanese army soldier was martyred, five others were wounded and a military vehicle was damaged in an "Israeli" raid on the army's Tallet al-Khazzan outpost in Sarba. The martyr is Michael Abu Tannous, and the wounded are: Mohammed Taleb, Mohammed al-Samad, Khalid Sheikha, Mohammed Deeb, and Kanj Naef (Sep 22),

-Two raids on the outskirts of Jibaa (Sep. 23),

- Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge in the western part of Loweizeh, the Dlaitoun Farmstead (outskirts of Jibaa), an area between Ain Bousoir and Jarjoua, Mount al-Rafieh, Ain al-Smahieh (north of Zawtar al-Sharqieh), an area between Mount Sojod and Oqmata Farmstead (two sorties), the outskirts of Jibaa and Houmeen al-Fawqa (two sorties, Sep. 37),

- The Daidaba Hilltop (Mount al-Dahr) for several hours, (Sep. 28)

- The Dahr Hilltop (south of Houmeen al-Fawqa), the Froun Ghandourieh highway (Sep. 29),

- an Ain al-Smahieh (between Zawtar al-Sharqieh and Maifadoun) and an area between Sojod and Oqmata Farmstead.
The enemy on Sep. 1 bombarded the town of Libbaya. A man and a woman, Hassan Nemr Aql, 18, and Fatima Ibrahim al-Jabali, 25, were martyred and Mohammed Aql al-Jabali, 75, Alaa Aql, 15, and her mother Mona Haidar al-Outa were injured.

Regarding the "Israeli" practices in the occupied zone, September witnessed several tours and meeting.

- On Sep. 2, an "Israeli" military delegation headed by the liaison unit commander toured the site near Zimraya crossing where two charges were detonated. Then, he held a meeting in the "Israeli" and Lahdi command HQ in Tallet Zoghleh. The meeting focused on the military situation in this sector, as it became clear that the resistance is now able to carry out its operations very easily and accurately besides being in control of the field situation. The "Israeli" security sources fear that the security situation in Hasbaya becomes similar to that in the Jezzine area before the "Israeli" withdrawal.

- On Sep. 7, the liaison unit command and that of the proxy militia met to discuss the measures to be adopted at the Zimraya crossing in particular and other crossings in general, as it turned out that the personnel used to protect these gates that separate the occupied zone from the liberated areas have become sitting ducks for the Resistance men.
The meeting centered on ways to overcome the fear felt by the Lahdi militiamen manning the gates, as they said they refuse to man the crossings under the current military circumstances.

- On Sep. 8, an "Israeli" delegation from the northern area command toured the Tallet Zoghleh axis and the surrounding military outposts. The delegation inspected, from Ain Qinya Hilltop, the road between Tallet Zoghleh and the town of Memis and met the "Israeli" and Lahdi military command working at this axis besides holding a meeting at Tallet Zoghleh to evaluate the military situation and study the pros and cons of closing the Zimraya gate (crossing) and the possibility of opening a new gate.
Moreover, a ceremony was held in Marjeyoun. It was attended by the "Israeli" liaison unit commander Beni Genzi, Antoine Lahd and senior officers form both sides. The occasion was to mark the replacement of the liaison unit's eastern division commander Col. Aviv by Col. Ayal Azemberg.

- On Sep. 21, the "Israeli" liaison unit command and that of the Lahdi militia held a meeting to discuss the military situation and the preparations that the occupation has launched for a partial withdrawal from Hasbaya and the rest of the Jezzine area.

- On Sep. 28, "Israeli" officers were positioned at the Tallet Zoghleh Hilltop outpost at night. They supervised the raids that were launched by the occupation's warplanes on the Daidaba Hilltop (Mount al-Dahr).

As for storming and detention campaigns, the occupation forces and their collaborators on Sep. 3 detained two residents from the Alma al-Shaab town. Hussein Ali Harisi, 48, and Mohammed Mahmoud Harisi, 21, were taken to the al-Khiam detention center.

On Sep. 6, the occupation forces stormed into houses in the town of Rmeish. Journalist Cosette Elias Ibrahim, 25, Samir George Khiami, 22, and De Gaul Butros Abu Taleb, 40, were detained and taken to al-Khiam center.

The arrest of the press woman, Ibrahim, was widely condemned by social groups and the Lebanese Press and Editors Unions. Protest was also staged inside occupied Palestine.

On Sep. 9, the occupation stormed into a number of houses in the town of Blat. Bahjat Asaad, 30, was detained, and so were two brothers and their sister in the town of Rob Thlathine. They are Mohammed Faqih, Ali Faqih and Mariam Faqih.

On Sep. 10, Nader Mohammed Khodor, 30, who hails from Hasbaya, was detained and taken to al-Khiam, the reason behind the arrest was not known.

On Sep. 15, the occupation troops positioned in the Beaufort Castle outpost ransacked the houses around the mosque in the town of Arnoun. They also set up a permanent observation center on the roof of a 3-story building to be able to observe the Beaufort-Khardali road which is used by "Israeli" military vehicles and convoys every day.

At sea, the occupation's gunboats on Sep. 17 hijacked a fishing boat near the Qlaileh shore. The three fishermen who were in the boat, Hussein Taha, Ahmed Taha and Taleb Sabrawi were beaten and insulted by the enemy troops who warned them that if they sail once again, the "Israelis" will fire at them.

On Sep. 17, collaborator Taleb Siblini arrested a number of young men in the towns of Tair Harfa and al-Jibbein. The detainees were taken to the "security center" in Naqoura.

Reports also said that collaborators tore many permits (to enter and leave the occupied zone) belonging to residents whose sons had refused to join the Lahd militia.

The occupation and its collaborators on Sep. 20 stormed the town of Aita al-Shaab, detaining Fahd Saleh (40, highschool teacher), Ali Hassan Qassem (he refused to let his son join the militia) and Fadila Mohammed Tehini, 30, who is the wife of Hussein Ali Harisi that was detained earlier this month (she was released later).

On Sep. 22, Ali Jawad, 65, was detained from his house in Rob Thlathine and taken to al-Khiam.

The next day, another detention campaign was staged by the occupation forces in Aita al-Shaeb. Among those detained were Mohammed Naef Srour and Ali Ahmed Khalil.

Moreover, the occupation expelled from the town of Rshaf Samir Mohammed Attar, 36, his wife, Khadija Abdel-Latif Attar, 34, and their seven children Susan, 13, Houria, 12, Iman, 10, Mohammed, 9, Hussein, 7, Fatima, 5 and Hassan, 2.

The enemy also dynamited the 2-story house of Mohammed Shaaban in Bait Yahoun. The reason behind the act was not known.

On the other hand, the occupation on Sep. 2 closed the Zimraya crossing for ten days, following the Islamic Resistance's operation near the crossing. The same gate was shut down on Sep. 27.

On Sep. 20, the occupation forces closed all the crossings on the occasion of Jewish Yom Kipur.

The occupation on Sep. 1, started installing sophisticated radar and electronic equipment for tapping an transmission inside the "Israeli" outpost in the Shraifeh Hilltop.

A security report said the enemy is preparing the outpost to be the intersection point at any withdrawal from the occupied strip. Forces will be gathered at this outpost which will be the last pullout point.

The Lahd militiamen were barred from nearing the outpost under any circumstances.

Moreover, the "Israeli" occupation forces reinforced the outposts of Ain Qinya, Zoghleh, and Kawkaba (the Hasbaya side).
A 20-strong force backed by armored vehicles advanced to the Ain Qinya Hilltop outpost that overlooks the liberated Hasbaya villages. The step followed pulling back the Lahd militiamen to the near Tallet Zoghleh outpost.

On Sep. 6, the occupation created a new road between its position in the Taibeh Project Hilltop and the Mhaisbut outpost. The 4-kilometer road would make the enemy's vehicle movements between the two outposts unseen by the resistance, especially from the opposite points in the liberated areas.

Moreover, sources talked about a new observation point in Baidar al-Faqaani (outskirts of Taibeh) overlooking the Litani River gorge.

The sources added that two "Israeli" tanks are positioned in the new point every night in a bid to spot resistance movements in the liberated areas.

For the first time since the beginning of the "Israeli" arbitrary blockade on the Lebanese shores of Sidon and Tyre, the "Israeli" navy on Sep. 17 intercepted a civilian ship that was leaving the Tyre port after it has unloaded its cargo there.
The "Israeli" occupation's marines told the captain that they have decided not to give him permit to leave. They did not say the reason.

Furthermore, the enemy navy on Sep. 14 held a civilian ship with a cargo of used cars. The vessel was thoroughly searched before being allowed to enter the Tyre port.

4- Same source. 

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Ainata besieged, Hizbullah affirms: the arm of Resistance is long…(1)
The remains of the proxy militia maintained the blockade the collaborators have been imposing on the town.
A statement by the town's residents disclosed that agents Ali Khalil Hmayyed and Jamil Khanafer handled the acts of suppression and detention that raised to 10 the number of the Ainata residents detained by the occupation and taken to the al-Khiam detention center within 4 days.

Among those detained are: Ali Khalil Khanafer (24), Sayyed Ibrahim Fadlallah (60), Bilal Mahmoud Jaafar (17), Ghinwa Mahmoud Jafaar (21), Hussein Mohammed Samhat (65), his wife Najwa Hussein Samhat (36), and their son Ahmed (15).

The residents called on the Lebanese government and the international human rights groups to intervene and unveil the fate of hundreds of detainees in “Israeli” prisons besides putting an end to the arbitrary practices of the occupation and its collaborators.

Hizbullah, in turn, talked about the enemy's practices.

"The Zionist occupation army and its collaborators are proceeding with their arbitrary measures against the residents of the occupied zone, the latest of these measures being the siege of Ainata and detaining a number of its steadfast residents, including elderly people, women and boys, besides storming houses, blocking movement inside and outside the town, and intimidating and threatening residents. These acts will have dire consequences on the besieged residents," a Hizbullah communiqué read.

"This Zionist terrorism against unarmed civilians comes as the Zionist entity is practicing daily aggressions of bombardment and air raids on the villages adjacent to the occupied zone, believing that this might protect it from the blows dealt by the Islamic Resistance men or rescue it from the quagmire of occupation.

"The enemy has, in a humiliated manner, acknowledged that it keeps it troops away from ground confrontations with IR men for fear of sustaining human losses, and that it is using instead its air force and suppressive measures against our people in the occupied zone.

"As we hail the Ainata people's steadfastness, clinging to their land, and rejecting the occupation and its collaborators, we stress that the Islamic Resistance that will always be the watchful eye safeguarding its people and land, will proceed with Jihad until the occupation is expelled and the land is liberated.

"IR will pursue the traitor collaborators who must learn the lesson from their predecessors, for the arm of the Resistance is long, and it knows how to reach them one by one in their houses outposts, cars, or wherever they may hide," the Hizbullah communiqué concluded.

Raids won't achieve goals, Resistance is proceeding, Hizbullah…(2)
"Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General his Eminence Sheikh Nahim Qassem said the "Israeli" enemy's idea to intensify aircraft aggressions was old, but the enemy wants to portray it as if there were a new method.

"The enemy wants to achieve 3 goals:
1-To try to cut the roads used by the resistance men and to target their potential outposts in a bid to inflict casualties in their ranks.

2-To give a dose of morale to the "Israeli" army and the "Israeli" interior and make them feel that the occupation army is in control, as the talk of "Israeli" media is about the heaviness of fire. This may insinuate strength, control and holding the initiative on the grounds that a lot of noise may produce a certain impact. It also may ease the demands calling for measures as they (the occupation forces) are doing something new.

3- To cover up partial withdrawals and make them look as part and parcel of the military plan which has been escalated as the aircraft is bombarding areas on the one hand, while there are withdrawal tactics from some outposts on the other. This would make an integral picture: field measures without the other party winning while covering up the helplessness which has taken its toll on the "Israeli" army's morale plus silencing internal political demands for withdrawal.

Speaking in a press interview, Sheikh Qassem added, "We believe that the enemy inevitably thinks of different methods to stage its aggressions, but for us, as a resistance that inflicts field losses in the ranks of the enemy and defends its people, nothing has changed. Resistance intensifies or decreases according to field circumstances. In all cases, we deal with the outcome and confront it accordingly. We do not care that much about analysis and statements."

"The Islamic Resistance is proceeding with its plans to achieve its goals. Yesterday's achievement in Rihan reaffirm the strong resolve to prevent the enemy from achieving its goals and to inflict maximum casualties in the ranks of the occupiers", his Eminence concluded.

"ISRAEL" FIRES AT JOURNALISTS…(2)
" Lebanese journalists were the latest target of "Israeli" gunners in southern Lebanon. Occupation forces this morning opened their sniper fire on a group of journalists that was inspecting the aftermath of overnight "Israeli" bombardment of the front-line village of Kfar Tibneet. Journalists scrambled to take cover and sniper fire rained down close to them. The car of a journalist was shot at. "Israel" last night pounded Kfar Tibneet with some 20 shells, damaging four homes and three cars, after it mounted tension in southern Lebanon this week, injuring three civilians".

2- Future TV, 8-10-1999. 

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New “Israeli” violation of April Understanding…(1)
“A fresh “Israeli” violation of the April Understanding, which bars targeting civilians, was recorded today (yesterday) as enemy 155mm rounds landed in the neighborhoods of al-Mansouri.

“More than 15 rounds hit the town damaging the its main water reservoir besides the houses of Jamil Zeid, Riad Zabad, Ali Hassan Khashab, and the head of the police station in the town Hassan Ali Khashab.

“The new breach of the understanding was the most recent in a long list of “Israeli” violations that went on throughout last week.

“The outskirts of Baraasheit, Aita El-Jabal, Haddatha, Haris, Touline, Qabrikha, Wadi Slouqi, Wadi al-Hojeir, the Zahrani River gorge, and the Habboush Bridge surroundings were subject to sporadic shelling all day long Sunday, while the occupation's warplanes staged a number of mock raids over the targeted areas.

“The April Understanding Monitoring Group is supposed to discuss the “Israeli” occupation's violations of the understanding which included wounding four Lebanese civilians, and damaging houses, properties, and facilities in five Lebanese villages in the enemy's air raids and bombardment”..

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) issued a communiqué in which it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
Between 11:05 and 11:25, the residential neighborhoods of Mansouri village came under fifteen tank rounds, three 155mm missiles and 12.7mm heavy machine gun fire causing damage to the houses of Jamil Zeid, Riad Zabad, Ali Hassan Khashab and Hassan Ali Khashab.
11:20, Jib Soweid area was shelled by three 155mm missiles.
11:50, two 155mm missiles were fired at the south of Jibal El-Botom.

Sealed-off Ainata: another couple expelled…(3)
“Reports from the zone occupied by the “Israeli” forces in south Lebanon revealed that the occupation's collaborators last weekend expelled Naef Halaweh, 62, and his wife Zainab Melhem Jomaa, 58, from their hometown of Kfar Killa.

“The couple were on their way back to the town from the liberated areas when one collaborator militiaman called Khodor Hammoud Joumaa tore their passage permit and told them to go back to the liberated areas and never return to the occupied zone, or they will be arrested and imprisoned in al-Khiam detention center.

“The blockade imposed by the occupation on the town of Ainata has entered its second week.

“Those hailing from the town staged a sit-in Sunday afternoon in front of the Ainata Cultural and Social Center in Beirut. The protest was attended by MPs, social figures and hundreds of people.

“The protesters urged the Lebanese government and the International groups to help break the town's siege and release its nine residents who have been detained at al-Khiam detention center”.

3- Al-Manar TV, 11-10-1999. 

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“ISRAEL” DESTROYS HOMES AND CARS IN SOUTH LEBANON ...(1)
““Israel” intensified its attacks on civilian targets in southern Lebanon today (yesterday)). “Israel’s” artillery shelled an area stretching between Habboush and Arab Salim in Iqleem Toffah damaging two cars. “Israeli” shelling north of the western sector of the occupied zone also damaged five houses in Majdal Zoun

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) released a statement in which it mentioned the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
At 00:05 and 2:35, Slouqi valley was targeted by 12.7mm heavy machine gun fire.
3:00, an “Israeli” war boat fired heavy machine gun bullets at the seashore between Simmahieh and Ras El-Ain areas.
6:30, the “Israeli” war jets raided into the perimeters of Froun village firing two air-to-grounds releasing anti-missile flares and dropped several flare shells over Hojeir area. Meanwhile, seven tank rounds struck the peripheries of Majdal Zoun.
6:35, Jib Soweid area was shelled by four missiles, whereas the perimeters of Majdal Zoun exposed to a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
6:40, five 155mm missiles landed Roweisset Tayaran area.

Ainata people want siege off their town, prisoners released…(1)
“Non-resident people of the occupied town of Ainata have proceeded with their action and meetings with political, religious and social figures in a bid to stop the “Israeli” occupation's arbitrary measures against their town.

“Thursday Mothers' sit-in was dedicated today (yesterday) to remind the world's public opinion of the nine detainees who had been arrested by the “Israeli” occupation and its collaborators recently.

“The protesters presented the ICRC representative in Lebanon Henri Fournier with a memorandum containing the names and ages of the detainees.

“The abduction of women, children and the elderly is an atrocious violation of international laws, the memorandum read, urging international human rights groups to take action and pressure the occupation to free the detainees.

“Today's sit-in also witnessed first-hand reports told by the concerned people themselves about their experiences when the occupation and its collaborators stormed and ransacked houses, arrested civilians of all ages no matter what their health conditions were.

“The most touching report was delivered by an old man who managed to leave the town after witnessing the storming of Ainata and detaining a number of its residents”.

1- Al-Manar TV, 14-10-1999. 

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Girl wounded by “Israeli” aggressions: 4 raids, artillery bombardment…(1)
“A little girl was wounded in the “Israeli” raids that targeted Lebanese villages adjacent to the occupied zone.
“Following a short halt, “Israeli” occupation's air force resumed launching aggressions against Lebanese areas. Enemy warplanes Thursday night raided the outskirts of Zibqeen firing two air-to-ground missiles.

“Farah Youssef Bzeih was wounded when one of the missiles fired by the enemy aircraft exploded near her parents' house.
“At around 19:00, “Israeli” warplanes raided the Sojod woods; another sortie at 19:20 targeted the Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge. Two air-to-ground missiles were fired in each of the two raids. No casualties were reported.

“Today (yesterday), enemy aircraft at around 15:00 Friday raided the outskirts of Loweizeh (Iqleem al-Toffah) with a number of missiles.

“The occupation's artillery all night long (Thursday) pounded the woods of Sojod-Rihan, al-Aishieh, al-Jarmaq and the foot of Mount Hermon”.

For its part, the “Israeli” occupying troops staged the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
6:30, the perimeters of Haddatha town came under ten 155mm missiles.
15:15, the “Israeli” war jets raided into the peripheries of Loweizeh village.

“Israeli” occupation launches more aggressions…(1)
“The “Israeli” occupation forces' artillery at dawn (Saturday) pounded the Iqleem al-Toffah hilltops and Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge.

“Afterwards the enemy bombarded the western Beqaa hilltops, besides Hasbaya woods, and olive groves.

“In the morning, the “Israeli” artillery shelled the outskirts of Zibqeen, Jibal al-Botom, Qabrikha and Touline.

“At sea, as Tyre fishermen tried to throw their nets one kilometer off the Mansouri shore, the “Israeli” occupation's gunboats fired shots at them.

“The fishermen had to return to the Tyre port leaving their nets in the sea”.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) released a communiqué in which it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
00:50, three 120mm shells fell on the perimeters of Loweizeh village and two 155mm missiles on the peripheries of Ain Bousoir town.
Between 7:00 and 7:20, the perimeters of Jibal El-Botom came under seventeen 155mm missiles.
Between 7:20 and 7:40, Mount Sojod was shelled by seven 155mm missiles.
8:30, eight 60mm rounds slammed into the surroundings of Sojod outpost.
18:50, three 60mm rounds hit Mount Sojod, whereas the surroundings of Sojod outpost exposed to a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
19:55, a barrage of 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds struck the surroundings of Baraasheit compound.
20:00, the outskirts of Baraasheit town came under three 81mm rounds and two 120mm shells.

2- IR statement, 16-10-1999. 

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Girl, 16, tortured by the “Israeli” agents…(1)
“A 16-year-old girl was rushed to hospital in Sidon on Sunday, one day after she was tortured by South Lebanon Army* militiamen.

“Fatima Mahmoud Jaafar was beaten with rifle butts at the SLA’s No. 17 detention center in Bint Jbeil.

Jaafar was abducted from her home in the occupied village of Ainata, Bint Jbeil, on Saturday and tortured for several hours, according to the Follow-Up Committee for the Support of Lebanese Detainees in “Israeli” Prisons. FCLD secretary-general Mohammed Safa told The Daily Star that Jaafar was beaten until she lost consciousness.

“An International Committee for the Red Cross ambulance rushed Jaafar to the Sheaib Hospital in Sidon, Safa said, adding that the girl’s skull was fractured. She also experienced memory loss.

“Jaafar’s relatives, who were waiting nervously at the hospital ward, refused to talk to the press. Several residents from the zone also refused to comment, fearing punishment from the SLA. “Psychiatrist Hassan Toufeili, who examined Jaafar, said she arrived in a serious condition and had suffered a nervous breakdown.

“He said that she had endured a similar experience a year ago, when she was also abducted and beaten by SLA men.

“Prime Minister Salim Hoss’ office called the hospital on Sunday afternoon and informed them that the Health Ministry would pay her medical expenses.

“Fatima is not the only member of the Jaafar family who has suffered from SLA abuse.

Friends close to the family said that her sister, Ghinwa, was released from Khiam on Sunday after eight days of detention. Ghinwa, 24, reportedly was hemorrhaging and needed immediate hospitalization. “However, SLA militiamen have prevented Ghinwa from leaving Ainata.

“The friends said two SLA militiamen, Jamal Khanafer and Ali Khalil, were responsible for the recent village abductions. Jaafar’s two brothers, Bilal, 19, and Ahmad, 20, were detained by the SLA two weeks ago and are still being held. Safa said eight other Ainata residents remain in detention”.

* It is an "Israeli" nomination we absolutely reject for it contradicts with Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. This army is not but an "Israeli" agent working for realizing "Israel's" goals in Lebanon. 

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“ISRAELI” DRONE HOVERS ABOVE BEIRUT DRAWING ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY…(1)
“Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire early today (yesterday) at an “Israeli” pilotless reconnaissance drone which overflow the Beirut area. Guns fired twice at an unidentified object which turned out to be an “Israeli” spy plane flying at high altitude over the southern suburbs of Beirut. Meanwhile, “Israeli” sniper fire on the village of Yohmor-Shkeif on the edge of the zone “Israel” occupies in the south, damaged two homes. It also caused power outage in the village”.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) reported in its statement the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
1:45, the surroundings of Haddatha compound came under six 81mm rounds and five 155mm missiles.
Between 1:55 and 2:50, the perimeters of Haddatha exposed to five 155mm missiles and three 81mm rounds.
19:20, four 105mm shells fell on Mount Sojod whereas one 81mm round on the outskirts of Aita El-Jabal.
20:45, Qaissieh Valley was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
21:25, the surroundings of Haddatha compound came under two 81mm rounds.
22:25, two 81mm rounds were fired at the peripheries of Haddatha.
22:35, one 81mm round struck the western part of Srobbin.

2- IR statement, 18-10-1999. 

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“ISRAELI” SHELLING DAMAGES ONE HOUSE IN NABATIYEH FAWQA…(1)
““Israel” today (yesterday) shelled the village of Nabatieh Fawqa in southern Lebanon damaging a home that belongs to Ismail Mohamed Shokor. Two shells landed in the house but no one was injured. The shelling violates a 1996 internationally-brokered understanding that bans attacks on civilian targets. “Israeli” artillery also opened fire on the outskirts of Nabatieh”.

However, the “Israeli” occupation troops launched the following aggressions as an IR statement reported (2):
1:25, six 60mm rounds struck the perimeters of Shaqra village.
5:45, two missiles hit Nabatieh El-Fawqa causing damage to the house of Ismail Mohammad Chokr.
8:15, one 120mm shell fell on Aita El-Jabal village.
12:45, the surroundings of Taibeh outpost exposed to a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.

Enemy gunboats stage aggressions on fishermen…(1)
“The “Israeli” occupation's gunboats proceeded with firing shots at the Lebanese fishermen's boats.

“Although the fishermen have been abiding by the occupation's instructions: to avoid sailing for more than one kilometer off the Lebanese shore, turning on the boats' lights, and more than one fisherman sails in the boat, the fishermen's boats at dawn today (yesterdaty) came under fire from “Israeli” gunboats.

“The fishermen had to leave their nets at sea near the Mansouri shore and return to the town's port.

“They called on the Lebanese cabinet to intervene and call on human rights groups to deter the occupation's threats which are preventing the fishermen from earning their bread”.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) issued a statement in which it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions…(2):
00:05, four 155mm missiles hit the perimeters of Haddatha town.
00:35, Mount Sojod was shelled by the perimeters of Jibaa town.
00:40, four 155mm missiles struck the peripheries of Jibaa town.
6:00, one 155mm missile landed the house of Hussein Youssef Saad at Aita El-Jabal village but it didn’t explode.
12:00, Daidaba hilltops came under ten 160mm missiles.

IR statement, 20-10-1999. 

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Eleven houses damaged by “Israeli” bombardment…(1)
““Israeli” occupation forces have once again violated the April Understanding and disregarded the calls made by the understanding's panel to avoid civilians during military action.

“The enemy this morning directly bombarded the town of Baraasheit, damaging the houses of Anees Mroueh, Abdel-Latif Mroueh, Sami Farhat, Kamal Taleb Farhat, Mahmoud Ali Ismail, Hafez Abdel-Hadi, Ahmed Zaki Farhat, Rida Sh'hab, Youssef Kamal Shehab, Hussein Adnan Farhat, Hussein Taleb Farhat and Mohammed Ali Mnassa.

“The shelling also burned crops in a number of the town's fields.

Security sources said more than 30 mortar rounds hit the town's neighborhoods in the bombardment that soon extended to include the vicinity of Haddatha, Aita al-Jabal, and Jabal al-Zaatar.

“The occupation's artillery at 11:00 a.m. pounded Iqleem al-Toffah Hilltops and the Sojod-Rihan Woods. “Meanwhile, enemy warplanes heavily circled over the targeted areas and staged several mock air raids.

“The “Israeli” occupation's espionage drones (pilotless planes) haunted the Beqaa skies for the second day in a row. Enemy bombers specifically flew over the mid-Beqaa and Baalbeck City all day long today (yesterday)”.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) released a statement in which it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions...(2):
Between 6:05 and 6:55, Baraasheit town and its perimeters came under more than twenty five 81 and 120 shells, four 122mm missiles and barrages of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets causing damage to the houses of Rida Chehab, Hassan Adnan Farhat, Hussein Taleb Farhat, Mohammad Ali Mnassa, Anis Mroueh, Mahmoud Ali Ismail, Hassan Kamal Chehab, Abdel-Latif Mroueh, Sami Farhat and Kamal Taleb Farhat.
6:05, the peripheries of Beit Yahoun town and the surroundings of Rshaf outpost exposed to 12.7mm heavy machine gun fire.
6:50, a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets struck the perimeters of Haddatha and Aita El-Jabal villages.
15:25, one 155mm missile hit the outskirts of Yater village.
Between 15:40 and 16:00, Raheb area was shelled by seven 155mm missiles.
16:15, the outskirts of Aita El-Jabal exposed to a barrage of 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds.
17:25, six 155mm missiles slammed into Qaissieh Valley.

2- IR statement, 21-10-1999. 

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Another “Israeli” violation of April understanding…(1)
Lebanese steadfast residents in Kfar Tibneet survived a violent night of “Israeli” bombardment that targeted their town. The occupation's artillery targeted the town's populated neighborhoods all night long.

“The town residents woke up in the morning and came out of their shelters to find that most of the residential buildings were hit with bullets or fléchettes (small dart-shaped projectiles) that are spread by internationally-banned anti-personnel bombs. Four cars were also damaged in the bombardment and the raking conducted by the “Israeli” occupation forces.

“In the morning, the occupation's artillery in the Zaffateh outpost bombarded the Iqleem al-Toffah Hilltops while the pilotless espionage MK drones heavily circled over the southern skies all night long and most of today (yesterday).

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) issued a communiqué in which it mentioned the following “Israeli” aggressions…(2):
1:40, three 155mm missiles hit Mount Zaatar.
13:35, Mount Sojod was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
Between 18:10 and 19:05, four 120mm shells landed Ain area between the villages of Aita El-Jabal and Beit Yahoun.
18:45, Mount Zaatar between Tibnine and Baraasheit towns was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
Between 19:00 and 21:10, the perimeters of Haddatha came under five 81mm rounds and four 155mm missiles.
Between 19:20 and 19:55, Dallafeh area was targeted by four 120mm shells.
21:10, the surroundings of Haddatha compound exposed to two 155mm missiles and one 81mm round.
21:45, a barrage of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets struck Ali Taher forest.
21:55, three 105mm tank rounds were fired at Ali Taher woodland.
22:00, fifteen 81mm rounds slammed into the peripheries of the deserted Lebanese Army barracks at Nabatieh El-Fawqa.
23:35, the road linking between Henneih and Zibqeen villages was bombarded by ten 155mm missiles.
23:50, three 155mm missiles landed west of Yater village.

“Israel”: Sky above Lebanon is dangerous for “Israeli” aircrafts…(1)
““Israeli” Air Force Commander Eitan Ben-Eliahu said yesterday that the skies above Lebanon are becoming more dangerous for “Israeli” aircraft, but that the IAFwas improving its methods of evading enemy fire. Speaking at a press conference held at an air base in the center of the country, General “Eitan Ben-Eliahu said that in Lebanon today, there are "more anti-aircraft weapons, more sights [for targeting aircraft], more attempts to hit planes. Against this we are attempting to avoid routine: changing [our] means, methods, [and] flying techniques. The Hizbullah, and others, are trying to disrupt and destroy, and we are improving our methods and means of defense, and are doing everything necessary in order to avoid being hit."

“The Air Force chief's comments come two weeks after a Hizbullah announcement that it had acquired a "secret weapon" that would surprise “Israel”. The organization has apparently been trying to acquire modern anti-aircraft weapons.

“Responding to a question on the Hizbullah's intentions of shooting down “Israel” Air Force planes or helicopters over Lebanon, Ben-Eliahu said, "We should all be glad that, until now, it [the IAF's air defense against anti-aircraft fire] has worked successfully. But these things aren't an insurance company. They are liable to change from day to day."

“Ben-Eliahu said that the marked rise in the number of “Israel” Air Force attacks in Lebanon in recent months is the result of a number of causes, including the nature of Hizbullah activity”.

1- Ha’aretz, 25-10-1999. 

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FAMILY OF FOUR WOUNDED IN “ISRAELI” SHELLING IN SOUTH LEBANON
“A Lebanese family of four, including an eight-year-old girl, were wounded this morning by “Israeli” artillery fire on south Lebanon. One of the injured is in serious condition”.

“A house in the southern village of Arab Salim was directly hit by an “Israeli” rocket this morning. The rocket fired from an “Israeli” manned position just above the village shattered the three storey house and wounded its occupants. Jawad Moussa, his wife Mona Hammoud, their eight year old daughter Afife and Moussa's mother Maryam were taken to hospital in the town of Nabatieh. Hammoud is in serious condition while the other family members suffered moderate injuries. According to his neighbors, it was the fourth time that Moussa had been wounded by “Israeli” fire. The morning shelling in an area just north of the zone “Israeli” occupies in the south also damaged homes, provoked panic in the village and forced school buses to return students home. “Israeli” shelling also targeted villages in the south facing the occupation zone”…(1)

For its part, the IR issued a communiqué in it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
1:45, the outskirts of Aita El-Jabal village exposed to a barrage of light and middle machine gun bullets.
6:20, the surroundings of Haddatha compound came under several 81mm rounds and a volley of heavy machine gun bullets.
7:00, Arab Salim town was bombarded by a number of artillery shells inflicting the civilians Jawad Mohammad Moussa, his wife Mona Ahmad Moussa, Mariam Hassan Moussa and Afifeh Jawad Moussa.
9:30, the “Israeli” fighter-bombers dropped one air-to-surface rocket into an area near Habboush bridge.
16:40, three 120mm shells hit the perimeters of Zawtar Gharbieh village.
17:35, Kfar Dajjal area was shelled by seven 155mm missiles.
17:40, five 155mm missiles struck the road of Sawan.

2- IR statement, 26-10-1999. 

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“Israeli” aggressions continue, enemy raids wadis
“The “Israeli” occupation forces proceeded with their aggressions against Lebanese peaceful villages that are adjacent to the border zone occupied by the “Israeli” forces in south Lebanon and the western Beqaa.

Two “Israeli” warplanes at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday raided the wadis and hilltops between the towns of al-Rmadieh and Jibal al-Botom, firing two air-to-ground missiles. No casualties or damage were reported.

Prior to the raid, the occupation's artillery bombarded the targeted area with 155mm rounds. The shelling later covered the outskirts of Zibqeen, Habboush, Shokeen, Maifadoun, the deserted Lebanese army barracks in Nabatieh, the gorges of the Zahrani and Habboush rivers, the Arab Salim - Habboush Highway and Iqleem al-Toffah.

“Earlier, the town of Upper Nabatieh this morning was the target of “Israeli” 12.7mm rounds that were aimed at the town's residential areas and hit some of the houses' walls.

“The occupation's warplanes and helicopters circled heavily over southern areas. Enemy warplanes flew over the capital Beirut at 13:25”…(1)

In its communiqué, the Islamic Resistance (IR) mentioned the following “Israeli” aggressions (2):
Between 5:25 and 13:25, the perimeters of Haddatha town came under nineteen 155mm missiles and three 120mm shells.
5:40, five 155mm missiles hit the peripheries of Aita El-Jabal village.
5:45, Mount Zaatar was targeted by two 155mm missiles.
6:05, seven 81mm rounds slammed into the surroundings of Haddatha compound.
7:15, the area between Zibqeen and Chaitieh was bombarded by ten 155mm missiles.
7:35, the “Israeli” warplanes dropped one air-to-ground rocket into the area between Zibqeen and Chaitieh.
13:50, Jib Soweid area was shelled by 155mm missiles.
17:45, two 81mm rounds fell on the perimeters of Mlikh village.

Child killed, 4 wounded in explosion of “Israeli” bomb…(3)
“Child Warda Mohammed al-Moussa, 4 years, was killed and four other children: her sister Basma, 10, Aiman Mahmoud al-Izzo, 4, his sister Hoda, 7, and Ahmed Omar al-Qario, 9, were wounded by a cluster bomb that had been thrown by the “Israeli” occupation forces during the 1982 invasion. The bomb went off as the children were playing.

“According to the official security report, the children, of Syrian nationality, were playing yesterday morning near a factory at the Zahle-Bareleis road when one of them tripped over the bomb.

When the bomb went off, the children were close to one another. They were taken to hospitals in the area while security forces came to the area to conduct investigations.

“Commander of the Shtura Gendarme Division Major Fadi Salman and military expert Sergeant Hosni Krayyem said the bomb had remained in the spot since the “Israeli” invasion in 1982.

They said the surveillance of the area where the explosion took place revealed that there were such enemy bombs in the area.
“The whole area will be searched to make sure no such deadly bombs are left there, Salman told reporters.

“A Lebanese engineer, Naji al-Hrawi, was killed 15 years ago in a similar explosion.

“A number of Lebanese are killed or wounded every year by bombs left over from earlier “Israeli” aggressions, especially bombs like the one that exploded yesterday (between 5 and 10 cms) that can go off years after being thrown from a warplane or being fired by artillery”.

Occupation expels family from zone…(4)
“The pro-”Israeli” militia expelled from the occupation zone on Tuesday another family that refused to collaborate with the occupation.

“Jamil Ali Wansa, 42, his wife Majeda, 43, and their two children Mansour, 16, and Bushra, 9, were escorted by the collaborating militiamen to Kfar Tibneet, one of the five crossings that link the occupied zone with liberated areas.

“The family, which came from the village of Dibbin near Marjeyoun, walked to a Lebanese Army checkpoint and then went to Tyre to stay with their relatives.

“According to police, the Wansa family refused to collaborate with the “Israeli” occupation and would not allow their son to join its proxy militia. As a result, they were declared "unwanted people" inside the border enclave.

“The family said the militia's so-called security official in the town Abbas Abu Abbas (alias al-Konti) came to the family house in Dibbin. When the wife refused to open the door as her husband was at work, the collaborator broke into the house, brutally beat the wife and told her that the family must leave the occupied zone, otherwise they will be taken to the al-Khiam detention center.

“Already this year, some 50 people have been expelled from the occupied zone after refusing to collaborate with the occupation and its militia or being accused of cooperating with resistance forces”.

Three civilians wounded in the “Israeli” aggressions
Three Lebanese civilians were wounded this morning at al-Hamra Bridge when a 120mm mortar round landed near the road that leads to the proxy militia's crossing.

A UNIFIL spokesman who announced the news said Ali Moussa Jamil, one of the wounded, is in serious condition. He was taken to UNIFIL's field hospital in Naqoura.

The men who hailed from occupied Alma al-Shaab and Aita al-Shaab were waiting at the crossing to be allowed to return to their homes in the occupied towns.

The crossing's militiamen immediately shut the crossing and expelled the citizens waiting to enter or leave the occupied zone.

On the other hand, the occuaption's warplanes at 15:00 raided the hilltops of Kfar Houna (near Jezzine). Another enemy raid followed on the Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge, firing a number of air-to-ground missiles. No casualties were reported in the raids.

Furthermore, the towns of Jarjoua and Houmine al-Fawqa, Maidoun, and Ain al-Tineh were targeted this morning by enemy machine-gun fire and artillery bombardment that extended later to include the Sojod and Oqmata woods besides the Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge…(1)

For its part, the Islamic Resistance (IR) issued a communiqué in which it reported the following “Israeli” aggressions which were launched against the Lebanese liberated areas (2):
2:15, three 155mm missiles hit Mount Dishma.
5:40, one 81mm round landed west of Baraasheit.
5:50, the outskirts of Aita El-Jabal village exposed to one 120mm shell.
6:05, the perimeters of Kfar Tibnite town came under heavy machine gun fire.
Between 6:10 and 12:25, the outskirts of Haddatha town came under eight 81mm rounds and one 120mm shells.
Between 10:20 and 11:20, Mount Sojod was bombarded by twenty four 120mm shells.
10:55, Jib Soweid area, east of Majdal Zoun village, was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
11:00, the area between Mansouri and Majdal Zoun was targeted by four 120mm shells and a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
11:05, four 155mm missiles struck the peripheries of Loweizeh.
11:20, Sojod village was hit by three 155mm missiles.
12:10, the “Israeli” war jets staged a sortie into Mount Sojod.
15:15, the “Israeli” warplanes dropped two air-to-surface rockets into the eastern hilltops of Kfar Houna village, whereas fifteen 155mm missiles slammed into Litani River watercourse.
15:20, the heights of Kfar Houna and Deir Mzairaa area were bombarded by twenty five 155mm missiles.
15:23, the “Israeli” fighter-bombers fired two air-to-ground rockets into Tasseh Well watercourse near Arab Salim town.
15:25, four 155mm missiles were fired at Mount Abou Rkab.
16:40, Arid El-Zennar area was shelled by four 155mm missiles.
Between 18:50 and 19:50, Mount Sojod was bombarded by sixteen 120mm shells, six 155mm missiles and five 105mm tank rounds.
19:00, two 155mm missiles were unleashed at the area between Roumine and Houmine villages.
19:05, the surroundings of Sojod outpost exposed to 12.7mm heavy machine gun fire.
19:50, three 120mm shells landed Tasseh Well watercourse.
19:55, Sojod village was targeted by three 120mm shells.
20:00, four 155mm missiles were fired at the peripheries of Jibaa.
Between 20:45 and 20:55, six 120mm shells slammed into Mount Al-Rafih.
21:25, three 155mm missiles fell on Qaissieh Valley and three others on Jal Tayaran, west of Yater.
 

Civilian killed in cluster bomb explosion left by occupation…(1)
“Only days after two little girls were killed and other children were wounded in a similar incident, Kamel Moheiddeen Abdel-Al, 55, was killed today (yesterday) when a cluster bomb left over from earlier “Israeli” aggressions on western Beqaa went off.

Abdel -Al was working in one of his groves near the Qaroun Lake when the bomb exploded and took his life.
“Resident of al-Qaroun town urged the Lebanese government and international groups to conduct comprehensive survey of the area lest their should be any mines or bombs left over from “Israeli” aggressions on the area.

“Security forces sealed off the area and barred residents and journalists from nearing the groves for fear that other bombs may still be there”.