DIARY OF RESISTANCE OPERATIONS -MAY 1999

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

Islamic Resistance Performs 142 Operations in May 1999

It was a great May for the Islamic Resistance. The increasing, remarkable operations brought about grave losses to the enemy and Lahd Militia. Both, the Zionist and Lahd commands were quite overwhelmed as the Resistance continued to execute Lahd officers and capture Lahd militiamen. The Islamic-Resistance fighters as well broke into several enemy sites, doing great in "Operation Beit Yahoun"; the fighters cleansed the site of the garrison, posted the Resistance's standards onto its mounds and fortifications, and took hold of a half-track.

Remarkably as well, the fighters forced the Lahd Militia out of Jezzine; the Lahd militiamen had already suffered a great deal. Performed to defend civilians' safety, the fighter's operations further struck some Zionist settlements in the north of occupied Palestine. Earlier, the Zionists had shelled several places in Beirut Southern Suburb and the South.

So the resistance squadrons performed 196 operations: The Islamic Resistance performed 142, the Amal Movement 45, the Lebanese Brigades for Resisting the "Israeli" Occupation 7, and the Cyclone Organization 2.
During the Islamic-Resistance operations, a Zionist sergeant and 4 Lahd militiamen were killed, also 15 Zionist soldiers and 22 Lahd militiamen were wounded. Three Lahd militiamen were taken captives too, the enemy acknowledged.

The Islamic-Resistance sources confirmed so, further announcing three fighters' martyrdom.

For its part, "the Faithful Resistance (the Amal Movement)" announced the martyrdom of two of its fighters: Abbass Ali Zein and Hassan Ahmad Trabulsi. Both fighters were martyred as an "Israeli" warplane bombarded the house of Citizen Ali Abdul Latif Yassine in Majdal Selm Town.

Operation at-Tohra, May 3, 1999

On May 3, 1999, a group of "the Islamic-Resistance Sniping Unit" shot a Lahd militiaman positioned on the rampart of at-Tohra Site. The militiaman was directly shot. The Lahd Militia acknowledged so.

Operation al-Bayyada-an-Nakoura, May 3, 1999

On May 3, 1999, the Islamic Resistance commemorated the martyrs of the massacres of Qana and Nabatiyeh el-Fawka. Overcoming the security measures the enemy had made, the Resistance fighters performed a unique operation:
The fighters approached the Zionist Radar Site until they were only some meters away. Though the Radar Site was supposed "to guard" the place, the fighters implanted a heavy explosive on an-Nakoura-al-Bayyada Route. As an "Israeli" squad patrolled along the route, the fighters bombed the explosive, causing casualties to the patrollers.

Consequently, Zionist reinforcements arrived in the operation zone, encompassing it. Then an "Israeli" helicopter landed down to evacuate the casualties.
Zionist Sergeant Muller Nagato (23 years old) was killed, and soldier Asaad Hammouda (32 years old) was injured and transported to "Ram Bam Hospital" in Haifa, declared a Zionist military spokesman in occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem).
The Resistance fighters shelled the patrol heading to al-Hamra Crossing Point right after bombing the explosive, the spokesman added.

Operation Dahr ar-Ramleh, May 4, 1999

On May 4, 1999, the Islamic-Resistance fighters bombed a heavy explosive while a senior commander of "Battalion 20" was on Dahr-ar-Ramleh-Jezzine Route. Commander Monah Salim Touma's vehicle was demolished, he was killed, and his escort, Kasem Abu Kasem, was wounded.
The operation was part of exterminating Lahd militiamen and officers. The month before, the Resistance fighters had performed a unique operation, injuring the Lahd Commander of "Battalion 20", Joseph Karam.

Agent Touma was named to replace agent Karam; earlier, many Lahd officers had refused to hold charge of "Battalion 20" upon fear of getting hit by the Islamic Resistance. The new operation even developed the Lahd agents' fears of holding any officer post, especially the post of commander of "Battalion 20".

Officers of the so-called "Liaison Unit", others of the so-called "Northern Command", and officers of the Lahd Militia held a meeting in Marjeeyoun Barracks. The meeting was to tackle the rising rate of the Islamic-Resistance operations.
The officers discussed the Resistance's quick collection of information on agent Touma, who was named to replace agent Karam. Besides, the officers also discussed the Resistance's ability to determine his moves and target him. They considered, therefore, that their security measures had indeed been overcome; serious consequences were foreseen.

It was known that the attendees failed to find the officer to replace agent Karam after Touma's execution. Lately, officers serving "Battalion 20" had requested that the Lahd-Militia command permit them to leave Jezzine for security reasons!

The Islamic Resistance offered the following résumé of Lahd Major Touma's life:

-born in Marjeeyoun in 1951, civil-register number: 77 (Ebel as-Saki)
-In 1978, he joined Agent Provocateur Saad Haddad and served at ash-Shreeqa Site until 1982. Then he worked in Saida until 1984. In 1985, he moved to Jezzine, and established a relation with the Zionists. In 1988, Major Touma became the administrator and financial manager of "battalion 20".
-In 1992, he was promoted to first lieutenant and became the secretary of "Battalion 20" besides maintaining his post as financial manager. In 1996, he was promoted to major.
-Known for his strong ties with the Zionist intelligence, Touma would confiscate houses in the occupied region and dislodge their owners to provide residents for Lahd agents arriving in the occupied region.
-Touma would smuggle cigarettes and wines.
-He would arrive in Jezzine twice a month to distribute money among Lahd agents. He would constantly change his vehicle while arriving in Jezzine so that he could escape the Resistance's hits. He had been about to hold the post of commander of "Battalion 20" after Lahd Major Tannous Tannous.
Islamic Resistance Captures Lahd Agent Wehbi, May 7, 1999
Fulfilling its promise to dissociate the Lahd Militia, also confirming that the Resistance always held the initiative, the Islamic Resistance acted again on May 7, 1999.

The fighters of the Special-Forces group, which was named after the detainees of "al-Khiyam Concentration Camp", sneaked deep inside Jezzine. There, the fighters lay in ambush. While Lahd agent Peters Georges Wehbi was driving his car crazily on Deir Mashmousha-Sabah Route, the fighters attacked him. Forcing him off the car, the fighters took him to the liberated region.

The Islamic Resistance displayed a video tape on the captivity. The Resistance as well provided information on militiaman Wehbi, as well as Arabic and Hebrew copies of his Lahd-membership card. Agent Wehbi served the Lahd "Battalion 20". His military number was 50,192.

Lahd-Militia sources acknowledged the operation, claiming that Hizbullah had "kidnapped Wehbi out of chaos". Also that Wehbi "no longer served the Lahd Militia". Wehbi's mother, however, refuted the Lahd Militia's claim, declaring that her son had been serving at ar-Rihan Barracks.

Operation Baraachit, May 11, 1999

On May 11, 1999, some Islamic-Resistance fighters bombed a heavy explosive while an armored military Jeep was en route to Braachit Site. The Jeep was hit at once; a Lahd militiaman was killed, and two others were seriously wounded.
Two other Lahd militiamen were wounded, too, as a troop-carrier moving behind the Jeep turned over. A Lahd militiaman was killed, and four others were wounded, acknowledged Lahd sources.
In the meantime, the Islamic-Resistance Fire Backup Unit bombarded the blast zone with artillery. Now it was harder for the enemy to transport the casualties to "Ram Bam Hospital" in Haifa.

The bomb had been tied to an anti-vehicle missile, Lahd sources said; the missile penetrated the Jeep heading the Lahd force. A militiaman was killed, a second suffered a middle injury, and a third suffered a serious one.

Islamic Resistance Captures Lahd Agent Tormos, May 15, 1999

On May 15, 1999, an Islamic-Resistance group sneaked into occupied Tallousseh Town. There the fighters lay in ambush. As soon as Lahd agent Assad Tormos reached the ambush spot, the fighters attacked and captured him. Militiaman Tormos was then taken to the liberated region.

Resistance Fighters Break Into Beit Yahoun Site, May 15, 1999

On May 15, 1999, the Islamic Resistance made a coup. As the operation targeted Beit Yahoun Site, it remarked the victorious operations the fighters performed in the 80s; then, the fighters would break into sites, take hold of vehicles, and capture their crewmen.
Again, the fighters proved that the enemy's watch and safety measures could not restrict their operations. A group of the Islamic-Resistance Special Forces (named after al-Khiyam Concentration Camp detainees) performed a series of fierce attacks against several sites. But the group concentrated their firearms and machineguns attack on Beit Yahoun Site.

Here below are the operation details:

The fighters attacking Beit Yahoun Site made their way through the surrounding wired fence and the mine field. Then the fighters broke into the site, warning the Lahd garrison they had better surrender and giving them some time.
But the Lahd militiamen refused and opened their fire on the fighters. Therefore, the fighters killed them all except militiaman Muhammad Bassam, whom the fighters wounded and captured.

Soon, the fighters had the entire site under control and cleansed its inside. They posted the standards of the Islamic Resistance on the site mounds and fornications. Now the fighters attacked Beit Yahoun Crossing Point, killing its garrison members. Then their barrage backed up a fighter driving an M-113 troop-carrier (parked at the site) outside.

In the meantime, other Islamic-Resistance groups attacked the emplacements at the sites of Haddatha, Braachit, "Battalion 70" Headquarters, Radar, Teir Harfa, Hamayed, Rchaf, al-Jamoussa, "Center 17", Mhaybeeb, Dhahr el-Aasi, Mash'aroun, Sojod, and Bir Kallab. The fighters' machineguns and rocket shells brought about serious losses to the enemy.

Right after the operation, the Islamic Resistance displayed a video tape on the operation. "Al-Manar TV", for its part, made a live broadcast on the celebration of the throngs welcoming the fighters on the troop-carrier.
Along the coastal line spread units of the Lebanese Army and the Security Forces in anticipation of an "Israeli" revengeful act. By now, Zionist war boats were monitored moving suspiciously along the seashore, and war planes, helicopters, and surveillance drones flew intensively in the Lebanese airspace. The Lebanese Army's ground anti-aircraft artillery opened fire on the helicopters, preventing them from flying at a lower height.

Residents of the towns by the occupied region were so happy and proud when they heard news of the fighters gaining the troop-carrier. The residents filled the roads to welcome the Resistance heroes. But the Zionist war planes and helicopters remained in the airspace of the South and Beirut Southern Suburb all day long, and war boats remained along the seashore. So the Resistance delayed driving the troop-carrier to Beirut Southern Suburb.

Yet, carefully-planned security procedures enabled the Resistance to drive the troop carrier to Beirut Southern Suburb. Whereas the enemy could not locate the troop carrier, the fighters toured the roads as throngs excitedly applauded.
On top of the applauding throngs in Haret Hreik was Hizbullah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. During this public festival, the fighter driving the troop carrier placed the "Browning" arm the fighters had earned at Beit Yahoun Site at His Eminence's feet. "O Resistance Master... Our enemy's supremacy fades at your feet!" the fighter exclaimed before Sayyed Nasrallah presented him a sword.

Paying tribute to the fighters' unique achievement, a delegation of "the Republic-Guards Brigade" of the Lebanese Army, representing (former) Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, visited Hizbullah Secretary General. The delegation presented "the Republic Guards' Plaque" to the heroes of the victorious operation, as well as a pistol of "the Republic Guards Museum" to the operation leader.

The enemy acknowledged the Islamic Resistance broke into the site and dominated it for some time. The enemy also said the site leader was killed, 7 others were "wounded", a Lahd militiaman was captured, and a troop carrier was earned. "Israel" added "a" Zionist soldier at Sojod Site was wounded.
"The Northern Command" formed an investigation committee to investigate into the circumstances enabling Hizbullah fighters to break into Beit Yahoun Site, reported the enemy channel's military correspondent upon the statement of sources of the Zionist War Ministry.

The committee interrogated a number of soldiers surviving the Resistance's attacks, as well as the military-axis leader. Some of those were arrested, the correspondent added.

The Islamic Resistance declared the fighters had so far earned the following vehicles:

-A half-armored vehicle (after breaking into Beit Yahoun Site in 1986)
-An M-113 halftrack (after breaking into Sraryre-Lucy Site in 1986)
-An M-113 halftrack (after breaking into al-Hoqban Site in 1986)
-A half-armored vehicle (after breaking into Sidon Site in 1987)
-An M-113 halftrack (after breaking into Beit Yahoun Site in 1999)

Resistance Artillery Strikes Settlements, May 18, 1999

On May 18, 1999, the "Israeli" enemy went on bombarding Baalbeck City in Beqaa, in addition to the towns of Zibqeen, Khirbit Selm, and Zawtar ash-Charkiyeh in the South. A number of civilians were martyred.
The Islamic Resistance, therefore, counterattacked the Zionist settlements of Keryat Shemona, Nahariya, Doreen, and Shelomi. The Resistance's Katyusha-rocket sets brought about serious losses to the enemy. "Nine" settlers were wounded, the enemy acknowledged.

By now, "Israel" had breached "the April Agreement" over and over again. Commenting on this, Head of Hizbullah Office in the South Sheikh Nabil Qaouk declared, "Obviously, the enemy has breached "the April Agreement" again and again, brutally assailing civilians in many towns. This can be explained only this way: The enemy is revenging on the Resistance after so many defeats. But this does not at all justify the enemy's violations and crimes..."

His Eminence added, "The Resistance will make the enemy pay much as it has gone too far assailing civilians. Whatever the circumstances are like, the Resistance shall adhere to its stances as to protecting civilians.
Resistance Fighters Demolish Beit Yahoun Site, May 21, 1999
For the second time in a week, the Resistance made a unique security achievement.

The enemy had declared "exceptional measures and defensive plans" were devised by major Zionist officers, including commander of "the West Brigade" Noam Petesty. The enemy also claimed the garrisons of the sites of Braachit and Haddatha were "absolutely ready" to face any attack.

But on May 21, 1999, the Resistance fighters again broke into Beit Yahoun Site. A group of the Special-Forces sneaked into the site, implanted a good deal of explosives, and blasted the site. Each of the garrison members was killed or wounded.
The Resistance displayed a video tape right after the operation. The Resistance standards appeared posted on the site mounds before the fighters demolished the site. The Resistance also showed the site map and the places where the explosive bombs were implanted.

For his part, the spokesman for the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon) Timor Goksel mentioned, "The Irish UNIFIL soldiers heard a thundering boom. They realized Beit Yahoun Site, which was approximately 1,000 m away from their headquarters, was demolished."

Three Islamic-Resistance Fighters Martyred in May 1999

Hussein Hassan Hayek, Ahmad Ali Rida: martyred on May 25, 1999 while confronting enemy forces

Hussein Ahmad Trabulsi: martyred on May 30, 1999 while confronting enemy forces

Source: moqawama.org