There were 159 “Israeli” air, ground and sea aggressions against Lebanon; air aggressions constituted 37.11% of the gross aggressions in comparison with 25.62% in September 1999.

October witnessed 50 air raids by the enemy aircraft against areas in the south and the western Beqaa.

The violent raids targeted:
- (On Oct 2,) the Oqmata Farmstead, Ain al-Smahieh, an area between the towns of Froun and al-Ghandourieh besides the Froun-Ghandourieh highway;

- (On Oct 5,) west of Yater, the outskirts of Siddiqeen, Mount al-Kabir (in the town of Jibal al-Botom), the Mlita Hilltop, the outskirts of Jarjoua and Ain Bousoir (two sorties), the Chaitieh – Jibal al-Bottom – Zibqeen Triangle (two sorties), an area between Jibal al-Bottom and Zibqeen, the town of Qabrikha (wounding two civilians, one seriously), the town of Kfar Jouz (wounding an Iraqi girl, Razan Kashefilghata, 4, in the head, Wadi al-Kfour (two sorties), and the northern neighborhood of Jarjoua (destroying  a house);

- (On October 6,) the Mlita Hilltop, woods of Jarjoua and Ain Bousoir (two sorties), Mount al-Kabir (in Jibal al-Bottom) and Wadi Slouqi;

- (On October 7,) the vicinity of the northern neighborhood of Jarjoua, Wadi al-Qaissieh (two sorties) and the outskirts of Jibaa;

- (on October 12,) an area between al-Henneih and Zibqeen and an area between al-Chaitieh and Jibal al-Botom;

- (on October 13,) the Litani River gorge to the southwest of Yohmor (two sorties), the northern outskirts of Froun, Ain al-Zarqa (west of Yohmor), Wadi Zillaya, the Litani River gorge (two sorties);

- (On October 15,) the woods of Loweizeh;

- (On October 19 and 20,) the outskirts of Jibaa;

- (On October 23,) an area between Beit Yahoun, Baraasheit and Wadi al-Qaissieh;

- (On October 24,) the Mlita Farmstead;

- (On October 27,) an area between Zibqeen and al-Chaitieh, the outskirts of Jibaa, Mount al-Rafih and the Sojod woods;

- (On October 29,) Mount Sojod, the Oqmata Farmstead Hilltops, the Kfar Houna Hilltops, the Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge, and the Hilltops of al-Jabbour and Ain al-Tineh;

- (On October 30,), the Nabeh al-Tasseh gorge (two sorties).

Moreover, the “Israeli” enemy and its collaborators on October 1 raked the eastern neighborhood of Kfar Tibneet wounding Hussein Naseeb Besher, 40.

On October 6, the bombardment that targeted the town of Froun wounded two civilians: Ahmed Amashe, 52, and Hussein Amashe, 27, damaged the UNIFIL’s Finnish battalion base and killed a number of goats.

The “Israeli” shelling of the eastern neighborhood of Arab Salim on October 26 wounded four civilians: Jawad Moussa, 50, Mona Ahmed Hammoud, 34, Afifa Moussa, 8, and Mariam Moussa Hassan, 65.

The explosion of a cluster bomb left over since the “Israeli” invasion in 1982 led to the martyrdom of Warda Mohammed al-Moussa Hassan, 65.

The explosion of a cluster bomb left over since the “Israeli” invasion in 1982 led to the martyrdom of Warda Mohammed al-Moussa, 4, instantly, and her sister Basma, 10, who was martyred of her wounds a few days after the explosion that also injured Aiman Mohammed al-Ezzo, 4, his sister Houda, 7, Ahmed Omar al-Qraio, 9. The children, all Syrian, were playing with the bomb when it went off. They lived at Mamal al-Basal near the town of al-Omariah (Zahleh – Barilias road).

On September 30, Kamel Mohieddeen Abdel–Al, 55, a goat shepherd, was martyred when another cluster bomb exploded in the woods of al-Qaroun town.

On October 29, the shells that landed at the Hamra crossing injured three civilians: Mohammed Moussa Jamil, Hassan Bajouq (both from Aita al-Shaab) and George Zoroub (from Alma al-Shaab).

On the other hand, on October 28 “Israeli” gunboats near the Qlaileh coast held two commercial vessels with car cargoes coming from Germany and Belgium. The ships’ captains were subjected to investigation.  The enemy navy held the two men and their vessels for four hours and allowed them to enter the Tyre port only after they paid the usual “tax”.

On October 30, moreover, enemy gunboats held two fishing boats with five fishermen aboard. The names of three of the fishermen were known as Fadel Badawi, Ali Mohedeen and Deeb al-Sati. The names of the other two were not known. They were released eight hours later after a prolonged investigation.

As far as detentions and storming into towns are concerned, the occupation forces on October 4 stormed into the towns of Aita al-Shaab, Ainata, and Rmeish, sealing off Ainata. Around ten residents were detained including Mariam Sbeiti, Sayyed Ibrahim Fadlallah, Ali Khalil Khanafer, Hussein Mohammed Semhat (Khanafer and Semhat were released around ten days later), Ahmed Semhat and his wife Najwa Hussein Semhat.

The Follow Up committee for Lebanese Detainees in “Israeli” prisons unveiled that Najwa Semhat is pregnant and had suffered intense bleeding in the camp. Her serious condition forced the occupation forces to take her to the Marjeyoun hospital  for treatment.

The enemy’s intelligence and collaborators on October 8 ransacked tens of houses in Aita al-Shaab. They beat old women and men, mixed and ruined food supplies in the houses. The occupation forces have also barred the residents of Ainata, Houla, Markaba, and al-Odaisseh from collecting their olive groves’ harvest.

The “Israeli” forces and their agents said they would directly shoot any citizen that tries to get to the groves without prior warning.

   Reports from the occupied zone said the “Israeli” intelligence stormed the houses of some collaborators in the towns of Ainata, Aita al-Shaab and Rmeish. Around ten collaborators were detained and taken to the Center 17 prison in Saff al-Hawa; the weapons and cellular phones of the detainees were also confiscated.

On October 13, the “Israeli” occupation’s proxy militia summoned seven citizens from Hasbaya town to the militia’s HQ in Tallet Zoghleh. They were subject to prolonged questioning before being released. Lebanese army Sergeant Hani Youssef Abu Dehen was detained for ten days in the notorious al-Khiam detention center before he was expelled from the occupied zone. He is crippled for he had lost his leg in a landmine explosion.
On October 14, the occupation forces detained Khodor Hussein Foani from Odaisseh and took him to an unknown place.

Lahd’s militiamen on October 16 stormed the house of Mahmoud Jaafar in Ainata. They beat his daughter Fatima, 16, violently before taking her to the center 17 in Bint Jbeil where she was brutally tortured. Fatima was beaten with guns, she developed amnesia and her condition was terrible; therefore, the occupation released her but she had to be admitted to a hospital in Sidon.

The barbaric act was widely condemned by Lebanese political, cultural, social and religions circles.

On October 21, the occupation detained Hassan Khalil Taweel from his hometown as he was visiting relatives; Mostafa Ali Akil from Jibbain was arrested on October 24.

The occupation forces on October 25 detained Fatima Jaafar’s parents: Mahmoud Jaafar, a teacher in Ainata school, and his wife Nahdia Nasrallah.

On October 31, the “Israeli” intelligence in al-Hardoun outpost detained two Lahd militiamen recruits: Hussein Jaafar Aqeel (from Jibbain) and Maher Hassan al-Ghareeb from Tair Harfa on charges of cooperation with the resistance. They were taken to al-Khiam detention center.

Moreover, the occupation and its collaborators on October 10 barred Nayef Halawi, 62, and his wife Zeinab Melhem Jomaa, 58, from returning to their hometown, Kfar Kila, through the Kfar Tibneet crossing.

Halawi had done medical tests outside the occupied zone. When he returned with his wife, Lahdi agent Khodor Hammoud tore their permits at the crossing and told them never to return to the occupied zone.

On October 19, the occupation and its militiamen expelled Mrs. Badawia Khalil Farhat, 57, from Shibaa.

Detained Hani Youssef Abu Dehen, a Lebanese army sergeant, was deported on October 22. Two of the released detainees were expelled from the occupied zone on October 25. They are Munef Aqeel Hammoud, 35, from Kfar Kila, and Zaki Awada, 66, from al-Khiam.

Jamil Ali Wansa, his wife Majida Mansour and their son and daughter, Mansour, 16, Bushra, 9, were expelled from the town of Dibbeen through the Kfar Tibneet crossing.

As for tours and meetings, a series of meetings was held on October 13 at the occupation’s command HQ in Tallet Zoghleh and Marjeyoun barracks.

The meetings were attended by Lahd militia official Karamallah Saeed along with a number of the militia and “Israeli” officers. The meeting failed to reach an agreement following the deep conflicts between the militia’s eastern sector’s security service and the militia’s command in the same sector.

Furthermore, “Israeli” colonel Rafeeq Saed held a press conference in Marjeyoun as signs indicated an “Israeli” withdrawal from Hasbaya.

On October 15, the liaison unit command summoned the eastern sector’s militiamen to the unit’s HQ in Marjeyoun. The unit’s commander Beni Ganz told the militiamen that the pullout reports were exaggerated.

Moreover, reports leaked from the occupied area of Hasbaya stated that agent Antoine Lahd has been promised by senior “Israeli” officials that the partial withdrawal can be delayed for some time to enable Lahd to deal with his militiamen’s outrage.

On October 21, a prolonged meeting was held at the Marjeyoun barracks under the northern area commander Gabi Ashkenazi and liaison unit commander Beni Ganz. The meeting that was attended by the militia’s command discussed the recent developments in the occupied zone and the reports about withdrawal from Hasbaya and the rest of Jezzine.

Ashkenazi and an “Israeli” military delegation toured some of the military outposts in Hasbaya before attending a working dinner with all the militia’s cadres. The dinner was described a aiming to curb the mounting conflicts between the militiamen.

On October 29, an “Israeli” – Lahdi delegation from the liaison unit command inspected the outposts of the occupation and its collaborators at the Aramta – Rihan – Kfar Houna axis. The delegation examined the site where a roadside bomb killed a militiaman.

Following the tour, a military meeting was held at Tallet Rihan to discuss the security and military situation at this front.

On October 12, the occupation forces appointed Wissam Mrowe (from Bint Jbeil) as new head of the Bait Yahoun crossing as the former head, Fawzi al-Sagheer, was hunted down by the Resistance last month. However, the crossing is still closed along with the crossings of Zimraya, Kfar Houna, and al-Hamra.

On the other hand, the occupation forces have added to the list of those barred from entering the occupied zone the retired servicemen of the Lebanese army and security forces along with their families.

Scores of university students were also prevented from going to their colleges in the liberated areas.

Reports from the occupied zone said there is a large workshop in the “Israeli” complex in Tallet Shraifeh to enlarge and fortify the outpost in order to be able to absorb the forces that will pull out from the Hasbaya areas and the Jezzine areas that are still under occupation. Enemy troops also fortified the crossing gate at Zimraya on October 1 and 25.

These aggressions resulted in the martyrdom of three civilians, wounding 15, expelling 10 and detaining 20 (including 12 militiamen), destroying one house, damaging 51 houses, 5 cars, 4 electricity grids and a mosque.