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Israel shells Lebanese civilians areas

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The Lebanese resistance on Wednesday attacked, using machine guns and rockets a position for the Israeli occupation troops and their South Lebanon Army militia agents in Rashaf in the occupied part of south Lebanon. In a statement, the Lebanese resistance said that its men achieved direct hits.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese resistance retaliated for Israeli raids and artillery bombardment inside the occupied part of south Lebanon.

Lebanese resistance sources said two groups of its men attacked al-Qasir and al-Salaa positions, and direct hits were achieved. An official in UNIFIL's leadership said two 122 mm shells were dropped on the position of the Finnish unit in Farroun town. The damage was restricted to property.

The UNIFIL official said in a statement he made on Wednesday that the source of the two shells was the positions of the pro-Israeli SLA militia in the occupied border strip.

The Lebanese resistance also attacked an Israeli engineering force while carrying out fortification works inside the Israeli position of al-Radar in the western sector of south Lebanon, using machine guns and rockets.

In a statement, the resistance men said they scored accurate hits on the members of the Israeli force and fortifications. Another resistance group attacked an Israeli position in Bilat, precisely hitting the position and its occupants.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes on Wednesday raided southern Lebanese villages, namely the hills of Safi Mount and Mleita at al-Tuffah district.

Two Lebanese people were injured by Israeli shelling against al-Hujeir and the civic districts of Farroun.

Also on Wednesday, the Israeli forces and its SLA agents continued their siege on the occupied town of Eineta in the occupied part of south Lebanon for the third running day.

On Tuesday, the Israeli forces arrested Lebanese citizens Genwa Mahmoud Jaafar and her brother Bilal, who is a member of the SLA militia, and put them in al-Khiam concentration camp in the town. It was learnt that Ali Khalil Hameed leads the siege operation against the town.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces on Wednesday renewed their attacks against the Lebanese areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli artillery on Wednesday noon bombarded the hills of al-Tuffah district and the outskirts of al-Lweizeh.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli occupation forces violated the April understanding for several times when they shelled civilian areas in south Lebanon. Two houses of the Lebanese citizens Hussein and Ahmad Amashe were badly damaged in the town of Faroun.

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