Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 1/12/1998
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of January 12, 1998
- Three Israeli soldiers wounded in south Lebanon
The soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire with guerrillas on the edge of an Israeli-occupied border strip in the south. One Hizbullah guerrilla was also killed in the clash with machine-guns and mortars. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/17/1998 - Israeli forces demolish house of booby-trap suspect
Israeli forces on Thursday demolished the south Lebanon home of a Lebanese man they suspect was responsible for a booby-trapped video tape which exploded Wednesday, killing an Israeli-allied militiaman and wounding five other people. Lebanon-Israel, Local, 1/16/1998 - Israeli general notes escalation of Lebanese resistance
Israeli Chief of staff General Amnon Shahak said Lebanese national resistance operations against the occupation forces in the occupied part of South Lebanon have escalated. Israel-Lebanon, Military, 1/16/1998 - Labor Party leader meets UNIFIL chief
Yossi Beilin, a member of the Israeli Knesset, met with Maj. Gen. Joije Konrote, at the United Nations headquarters in Jerusalem, few hours after a booby-trapped video-tape exploded at a crossing on the Lebanese-Israeli border. Israel-Lebanon, Politics, 1/16/1998 - Algeria rejects Lebanon initiative Lebanon-Algeria, Politics, 1/16/1998
- Israeli bomb expert killed by Lebanese resistance
Lebanon's Amal movement claimed responsibility for a Wednesday bomb attack that it said killed an intelligence officer in the pro-Israeli Lahd militia and wounded three Israelis. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/15/1998 - Lebanon seeks end to Algerian bloodbath
The Algerian crisis was not on the agenda of Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. But recent violence in the north African country nevertheless found its way to the ministers' table. Lebanon-Algeria, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Lebanon budget Lebanon, Economics, 1/15/1998
- Lebanon pullout
Israeli defense minister Yitzhak Mordechai said yesterday Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon would be impossible unless the Lebanese government demonstrated that it could take charge of security in the area. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Lebanese lawyers volunteer to defend French author
Lebanon's Bar Association has volunteered to defend a French author who is being tried in Paris for questioning the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Lebanon, Judicial, 1/14/1998 - Israel lifts Shabaa siege
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday lifted a 20-day siege of Shabaa in al-Arqoub district in occupied south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/14/1998 - Lebanese explosion Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/14/1998
- Israeli forces shell South Lebanon Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/14/1998
- Truce monitors refrain from assigning blame
A statement issued by the group acknowledged that shells fired by Israeli forces in December had damaged six houses in the village of Majdel Zoun and injured an innocent civilian on January 5. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/13/1998 - France for unconditional Israeli pullback from Lebanon
Following his talks with President Hrawi,Vedrine stressed that the critical situation in the Middle East must not continue unabated, and the stalemate in the peace process must be ended. Lebanon, Politics, 1/13/1998 - Hizbullah leader turns down Israeli offer
"There will be no negotiations, no discussion of strategies, arrangements or security guarantees" until Israel withdraws its troops from the south, Nasrallah said Sunday. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/12/1998 - Lebanon hit by severe snowstorm
A rare snowstorm hit Lebanon over the weekend, holding up hundreds of people in the snow-covered mountains, keeping children away from schools and killing at least one person. Lebanon, Local, 1/12/1998 - French Foreign Minister begins regional tour in Beirut
Vedrine, who heads a 25-member delegation, inaugurated Monday morning a new French consulate in Beirut in the presence of Boueiz and French diplomats. Lebanon, Politics, 1/12/1998