Hezbollah says it foiled IDF commando raid in eastern Lebanon
08:15 19/08/2006
BEIRUT - Hezbollah said its guerrillas clashed early Saturday with an Israeli commando force that landed near their stronghold of Baalbek deep inside Lebanon.Earlier Saturday, Israeli aircraft fired several rockets at a target in a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon early on Saturday morning, a Lebanese security source said.An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said the report was untrue.
Lebanese security officials could not confirm the Hezbollah TV report of a drop of Israeli commandos by helicopter at a field Boudai west of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon or whether there were any airstrikes.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release information to reporters, reported heavy Israeli overflights.
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said the Israeli unit landed before dawn and was driving into the village, when it was intercepted by guerrillas, who forced it to retreat under the cover of warplanes.Israeli warplanes crisscrossed the skies above Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley early Saturday, near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, security officials said.
Israeli warplanes have not attacked Lebanon since an Aug. 14 cease-fire halted 34-days of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
Such an attack would be the first since a UN truce ended 34 days of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release information to reporters, could not confirm whether there were any airstrikes.Similar overflights were reported Friday night in the same area.
BEIRUT - Hezbollah said its guerrillas clashed early Saturday with an Israeli commando force that landed near their stronghold of Baalbek deep inside Lebanon.Earlier Saturday, Israeli aircraft fired several rockets at a target in a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon early on Saturday morning, a Lebanese security source said.An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said the report was untrue.
Lebanese security officials could not confirm the Hezbollah TV report of a drop of Israeli commandos by helicopter at a field Boudai west of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon or whether there were any airstrikes.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release information to reporters, reported heavy Israeli overflights.
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said the Israeli unit landed before dawn and was driving into the village, when it was intercepted by guerrillas, who forced it to retreat under the cover of warplanes.Israeli warplanes crisscrossed the skies above Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley early Saturday, near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, security officials said.
Israeli warplanes have not attacked Lebanon since an Aug. 14 cease-fire halted 34-days of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
Such an attack would be the first since a UN truce ended 34 days of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release information to reporters, could not confirm whether there were any airstrikes.Similar overflights were reported Friday night in the same area.
posted by Huda Nassar at 9:48 AM
2 Comments:
Ouf, unfortunately it seems that people were right being suspicious in what the truce is concerned… so fragile, indeed. One of my MSN contacts summed it up in a very concise way, by posting as display name “The leopard cannot change his spots”. And your precedent post, expressing your bad feelings about the cease-fire, turned out to be so correct, dear Huda.
It seems history repeats itself until people learn the lesson. I just wonder what could be done about this; it is obvious that the solutions that did not work until now are not going to solve the current problem. And I’ll stop here, believe me, I feel that my opinions became quite radical and I started making generalizations, despite the fact that I have always avoided this, as I consider them hate generators. So many aspects seem beyond human comprehension!!!
Sarah
first I miss u alot (hug)
second,as I said before I don't trust them and this feeling is based on previous encounters and incidents,they were humiliated infront of all the world and they will not just accept that and stop.
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