DIARY OF RESISTANCE OPERATIONS –APRIL 1999

The following are the Islamic-Resistance operations that took place during the month of February in 1999

Islamic Resistance Performs 117 Operations in April 1999

This April, the Lebanese resistance squadrons performed 157 operations against the occupation forces and Lahd agents. The Islamic Resistance performed 117, the Amal Movement 28, and the Lebanese Brigades for Resisting the "Israeli" Occupation 11.

A soldier was killed and 14 others were wounded, the enemy acknowledged, claiming 4 of them were wounded when a military vehicle turned over. The enemy also acknowledged a Lahd militiaman was killed and 6 others were wounded. A militiaman was captured by the fighters, too.
The Islamic Resistance confirmed the numbers of the casualties aforementioned. On the other hand, the Resistance declared a fighter was martyred.

Operation Shkief, April 12, 1999

Though the enemy had intensified its precautions, it could not protect its soldiers or sites. That is, on April 12, 1999, some Islamic-Resistance fighters performed a unique operation after they got positioned a few meters away from the 3 "Israeli" sites at Shkief Fort.

As a Zionist squad patrol of "the Givati Brigade" moved escorted by an M-113 armored vehicle, the fighters bombed a heavy explosive bomb. Most of the infantrymen of "the Enginery's" "Bomb Detonation Unit" suffered casualties.
The fighters could actually see the confused, panicking patrollers while they were evacuating the casualties. A soldier was killed, the enemy acknowledged. Security sources said at least an "Israeli" militant suffered casualty.

The enemy's channel said First Sergeant Noam Barnig, who was killed during "Operation Shkief", headed the group belonging to "the Bomb Detonation Unit".
"Having implanted an exposed bomb and another camouflaged one, Hizbullah fighters misled the "Israeli" force at Shkief Fort," the channel added, "And as the patrol headed to detonate the bomb it had just discovered, Hizbullah bombed the other one, bringing about casualties to the force."

Resistance Captures Lahd Agent Habib, April 12, 1999

On April 12, 1999, the Islamic Resistance performed a unique operation, captivating a Lahd agent. The resistance issued the following statement: "After the security system of the Islamic Resistance accomplished an accurate surveillance and monitoring mission, a group of "the Special Forces" performed a daring operation deep in the occupied region, particularly on Dahr ar-Ramleh-Jezzine Route. The fighters captured Lahd officer Najm Elias Habib. By then, Habib had served in Ain Thaghra, which "Battlion 20" was in charge of. The fighters took Habib to the liberated regions.

Lahd militiaman Habib was born in 1980. His military number was 50671. The Islamic Resistance showed an Arabic copy and a Hebrew one of Habib's card. Therefore, the Lahd-Militia Media Department claimed Habib had been lost 4 or 5 days earlier than the day the Islamic Resistance said he was captured.

Unique Operation Jezzine, April 23, 1999

Commemorating "the April Aggression" (which "Israel" calls "Grapes of Wrath"), also abiding by the Islamic-Resistance command's order as to executing the Lahd officers, a group of fighters performed a unique operation on Dahr-ar-Ramleh-Jezzine Route on April 23, 1999. In spite of the developed watch means of the enemy and the Lahd Militia, the fighters blasted the motorcade of the Lahd Chief of "Battalion 20" Joseph Karam (nicknamed "Alloush").
The Islamic Resistance issued a statement, "...Before performing the operation, the fighters accurately monitored the route which agent Karam usually took. The fighters as well realized Karam had been exploiting civilians' presence on that route to protect himself.

The blast directly hit Karam's vehicle, seriously wounding him and his escorts.
A video tape on the operation the Islamic Resistance displayed afterwards confirmed the statement: The Lahd agents set a checkpoint near the spot where the fighters had implanted the explosive on Dahr-ar-Ramleh-Jezzine Route. Though a patrol accurately searched the area, it could not detect the explosive. Before the explosion, Karam moved from a vehicle to another several times. Then he rode the armored Mercedes vehicle."

Matching news said Colonel Karam was severely wounded and transported on an "Israeli" helicopter to occupied Palestine; whereas his escort George Maroun Georgi (nicknamed "Makhoul"), was killed while driving the vehicle.

Ever since agent Karam held the post of Lahd Commander of Jezzine, the Islamic Resistance performed several operations, targeting him:

The fighters performed "Operation Ain Majdaline-Toumet Niha" on September 10, 1998. Then, Colonel Karam didn't happen to be on the motorcade, but four of his assistants were killed: Hanna Hanna, Roukoz Roukoz, George Shimon, and Eskandar Haikal. Agent Ghassan Khouri was wounded, too.

Other operations were performed on the same route, including one on November 4, 1998; then, 3 agents were killed, and another was wounded.
The Lahd-Militia command tried to show the operation as insignificant. The Lahd Militia's channel reported upon the statement of an "Israeli" militant that agent Karam was slightly wounded; whereas medical sources reported that Karam's condition was critical: some shrapnel had pierced his head and body, resulting in a coma.

The accurate operation performed showed that groups in relation with the Lahd Militia had leaked information on the moves of Lahd and "Israeli" militants to the Resistance, "Israeli" security sources considered. The sources as well said a similar thing happened on February 24, 1999, when the Resistance assassinated Chief of the so-called "Liaison Unit" Erez Gerstein.
Consequently, the command of the so-called "Liaison Unit" formed an investigation committee to interrogate several relatives of Karam's, as well as commanders of "Battalion 20".

The Islamic Resistance offered this résumé his life:

●Name: Joseph George Karam (nicknamed "Alloush")
●Mother's name: Maria
●Birth date and place: 1985, Shakka, Civil-register number: 194
●In 1985, he escorted agent Toni Nassar to serve in Jezzine: Nassar held charge of "Battalion 20"; whereas "Alloush" held charge of ar-Rommana Site and the Radar Site on Mount Safi.
●In 1986, he was promoted to first lieutenant in charge of Ain Taghra Site. In 1991, he was promoted to marshal in charge of "the Surveillance Unit" of the Lahd Militia.
●In 1993-1994, he became chief security officer in Jezzine and worked with the Zionist military intelligence (504). "Israel" then offered him a house in Tel Aviv.
●In 1996, he became deputy commander of "Battalion 20" (which Raymond Abu Murad headed) headed. He also headed "the Emergency Unit of "Battalion 20".
●Agent Karam was promoted to major on September 1, 1998, replacing Commander of "Battalion 20" Emile Nasr, who had been fired upon failure to limit the operations of the Islamic Resistance.

●Karam's Assaults and Crimes:

-In 1986, Karam sexually harassed some women at Remat Crossing Point.
-In 1995, he massacred a woman and a child in Kfarhouna Town.
-Karam kept assailing and arresting the residents of Kfarhouna (who had insisted on staying home) until he forced them out of it in 1996.
-He broke into the gendarmerie in Jezzine Town, where he opened fire.
-In mid-November, 1998, Karam opened fire on a crossing point of the Lebanese Army in Kfarfalouse. He also took part in bombarding Saida City, martyring 8 civilians and injuring several ones.

Resistance Fighters Break Into Sojod Site, April 27, 1999

On April 27, 1999, a group of "the Islamic-Resistance Special Forces" broke into Sojod Site and demolished its mounds and fortifications. The group, in fact, overcame all military and security measures the so-called "Liaison Unit" had applied in the occupied region. Even earlier, the Islamic Resistance performed a daring operation, striking Sojod Site on February 8, 1998.

Regarding the operation, the Islamic Resistance further declared in a statement:
"At the same time, other groups of the Islamic-Resistance fighters attacked the front enemy sites, emplacements, and all reinforcements along the frontline including the sites of: Blat, at-Taybeh, ar-Rihan, Teir Harfa, Mash'aroun, al-Qantara, as-Suweidaa, Bir Kallab, Kfarhouna, al-Ahmadieh, Mount ar-Rabweh, at-Tabbala Heights, Kassaret el-Oroush, az-Zaffata, Shreifeh, Ain Taghra, in addition to the Radar Site and Shkief Fort."

8 "Israeli" soldiers and 3 Lahd militiamen were wounded, a Zionist military statement issued in Tel Aviv acknowledged. The so-called "Northern Command" of the "Israeli" military formed an investigation committee to find out the way the fighters had broken into the site and withdrawn safely and easily.
Both of the operation and the video tape displayed right afterwards shocked the "Israeli" command, news broadcasted in the occupied region said: That afternoon, a fierce barrage struck the Lahd-"Israeli" sites approximately along 10 km, and it almost completely paralyzed them. The fighters brought about grave casualties to the sites' fortifications.

The news said that "Israel" was most shocked since Hizbullah fighters had caused serious losses to the centers of the "Israeli" military's main artillery on ar-Rihan Hill; four 155-mm cannons were damaged, and eight soldiers were injured.
Including the "Israeli" military's command, ar-Rihan Site was one of the most fortified sites. Armored vehicles gathered at the site that was a main center for quick intervention and long-range artillery.
It was known that the occupation military hired technicians to the sites of Sojod and ar-Rihan. The technicians were asked to remove the ruins and remedy the sites and rebuild their mounds.

Operation Aazour-al-Homsiyeh, April 29, 1999

On April 29, 1999, the Islamic Resistance blasted the vehicle of Lahd agent Nabil Aazouri while he was on Aazour-al-Homsiyeh Route. Aazouri, who served at Kfarhouna Crossing Point, was wounded. The enemy acknowledged that Aazouri was wounded.

One Islamic-Resistance Fighter Martyred in April 1999

Haitham Muhammad Fakih: martyred on April 12, 1999 while confronting enemy forces near Shkief Fort

Source: moqawama.org