A new form of confrontation on South Lebanese borders
Hizbullah partisans and the Amal movement continued their aggregations along the Lebanese- Israeli borders and stood behind the border lines chanting slogans that Israelis cannot be trusted in their agreements with banners reading " if you come back we will come back to you."
It was said that Israel submitted a claim to UNIFI in that Lebanese youths came into an area near al-Metullah and after they drank soft drinks they threw the empty bottles on the Israeli soldiers on the border. A matter which provokes Israel.
The al-Abbaseyah gate in the eastern sector of South lebanon at the Lebanese- Israeli border was still open on Thursday and 8 former members in the South Lebanese Army SLA militia crossed the borders to Israel while other 14 Lebanese working in Israel returned back in the opposite direction back to Lebanon. One of them said " the Israelis expelled us and told us that we no longer have the right to work in Israel and we were still working there until Tuesday before the Israeli withdrawal."
Meantime 19 Lebanese workers who were working in Israel returned back to Lebanon on Thursday through al-Metullah gate to their southern villages. Some of them were investigated and legal arrangements were taken against them.
Press correspondents who arrived to the area close to al-Abbaseyah and al-Majideyah ( after the Lebanese prince Majid Arsalan) farms which were converted by Israel to a camp for training SLA members said they has seen the media official for the SLA Rimond Abu Murad there together with other SLA members hiding.
On the other hand, the military wing of the Lebanese national resistance of the Hizbullah announced the death of Sheikh Ahmad Hamad Yahya, saying he died after he was wounded during the confrontation between the citizens and the Israeli occupation and their agents on Monday at the entrance of Rashaf town.
The resistance also announced the death of two other Lebanese resistance men who were wounded on Tuesday as a result of the Israeli bombardment of Balat. They are Muhammad Mustafa Khalil and Youssef Abdul Hassn Khalil.
Lebanese child Hassan Hammam ( 10) was killed in al-Shehabeyah town in a landmine left by the Israeli occupation.
Other news reports from South Lebanon said two Lebanese civilians lost their legs at al-Shaqeif castle as a result of a landmine explosion. The report added the two civilians are Nasser Muhammad Obeid ( 28) and Mousa Akhdar (31) are both from the neighboring Jibshit village.