Nasrullah confers with Dutch ambassador in Beirut
Lebanon-Netherlands, Politics, 7/19/2002

The secretary general of the Hizbullah Party Hassan Nasrullah has discussed with the Ducth ambassador in Beirut Jan Piet Kleiweg de Zwaan the issue of Israel's continued detention of the Lebanese hostages in its prisons.

In a statement issued by its media unit, Hizbullah party said that Nasrullah and Talaeikh reviewed during their meeting on Thursday the question of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the American bias to Israel against the Palestinian people.

In its statement, the party indicated the two sides discussed the issue of the continued Israeli occupation of parts of the Lebanese lands, including the Shebaa farms.

On the situation in South Lebanon, the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday bombarded the liberated southern town, while continued reinforcement of its front positions.

Lebanese security sources said the Israeli positions -- concentrated in al- Radar position inside occupied Shebaa farms -- opened several artillery shells at Burket al-Naqqar and Jabal al-Saddanh and also opened its heavy machine guns at Ein al-Jouz and Wadi Jaghnam.

Meantime, the Israeli warplanes continued their violations of the Lebanese airspace and flew in the airspace of al- Arqoub villages and the western Bekaa area until al-Tuffah district at very high altitudes.

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