Israeli uprooted olive trees farms as it continues raids on south Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/6/1999

Israeli warplanes on Wednesday raided the valley located between Zalaya and Yahmour in the western Bekaa. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli planes bombarded the targeted areas by six air-surface missiles.

The Israeli planes also dropped thermal balloons to avoid the fire of the Lebanese Army defense forces, while Israeli reconnaissance planes flew over the villages of the western Bekaa.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continued their attacks against areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon.

Lebanese security forces said the occupation artillery bombarded the hills of the al-Tuffah district using 155 mm shells.

The occupation forces and its militia allies continued the closure of Kfar Fallous crossing for the second successive day, following the killing of militia member Maneh Touma as a result of an operation carried out by the Lebanese resistance in the Jezzine area.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces bombarded several areas in south Lebanon and the western Bekaa.

Lebanese security sources said the Israeli artillery bombarded Tellal al-Jabbour, al-Mathana and Jeba town.

The Israeli warplanes continued intensive sorties in the airspace of the capital, Beirut, and broke the sound barrier.

In retaliation, the Lebanese resistance on Wednesday attacked the Israeli occupation and Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia joint position in Kfar Houna in occupied Jezzine, using rockets. In a statement, the Lebanese resistance said that direct hits were achieved against the position.

On the same level, the Lebanese resistance said that it is studying its options towards the escalated Israeli aggressions against Lebanese civilians and targets in the south and the depths of the Lebanese territories.

In a statement, the Lebanese resistance said it considers the air strikes carried out by the Israeli jets on Tuesday night against the library of Imam Ali mosque in the center of Baalbeck city and the destruction of a house in the town of Zibqin in the western sector as a "flagrant occupation and a violation to the April Understanding's provisions."

The statement added that it studies alternatives to define means of how to deal with this Israeli aggression in line with its responsibilities.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military spokesman has acknowledged that a pro-Israeli SLA militia man was wounded in the occupied part of south Lebanon as a result of exchanged artillery bombardment between the Lebanese resistance and the Israeli forces and their allies between Tallat al-Ahmadeyah and Zamraya on Wednesday afternoon.

News reports from south Lebanon said that confrontations took place between the citizens of Hasbaya and the Israeli occupation troops when Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive trees farms under the pretext of expanding the Hasbaya, Jesr al-Hasbani and Marjyoun road.

In another development the Amal movement said it handed over to the Lebanese army members of a spy network working for Israel. The Amal movement said this network was preparing to carry out explosions inside the liberated areas of south Lebanon.

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