Three Years on "Israeli" War, Lebanon Celebrates Divine Victory

Source: almanar.com.lb, 13-07-2009

Three years have passed...

Three years have passed since the "Israeli" enemy launched its devastating war against Lebanon, just after the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon was able to achieve a heroic operation and detain two "Israeli" soldiers whose fate remained ambiguous until the moment of the operation's "fruit," the release of all Lebanese detainees in "Israeli" Prisons...

Three years have passed on the war that ended with a divine victory for Lebanon against the "Israeli" enemy that's still seeking to "learn lessons" and take "revenge" for its unprecedented defeat...

The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in "Israel"as the Second Lebanon War, was a 33-day "Israeli" aggression against Lebanon. The war began on 12 July, when "Israel"launched waves of air strikes on Lebanon after Hizbullah killed three soldiers and captured two more - later identified as Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev - on the northern border naming it "Operation Sincere Promise".

The war began when "Israeli" warplanes bombed Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport. Later, large parts of the Lebanese civilian infrastructure were destroyed claiming that they wanted to cut off roads on any coming supply for Hezbollah. The civilian infrastructure included roads, bridges, and other targets such as ports, water and sewage treatment plants, electrical facilities, fuel stations, commercial structures, schools and hospitals, and homes.

During the war, Israel's Air Force flew more than 12,000 combat missions, its Navy fired 2,500 shells, and its Army fired over 100,000 shells. "Israeli" shells didn't spare innocent people and children whom their flesh and blood were shed with daily massacres everywhere across Lebanon.

During the war also, Hizbullah fired rockets on "Israeli" military bases they also engaged in guerrilla warfare with the "Israeli" forces, attacking from well-fortified positions. These attacks by small, well-armed units caused serious problems to the "Israeli" military, especially through the use of hundreds of sophisticated anti-tank guided missiles. Hizbullah destroyed 38 "Israeli" Merkava and damaged 82, the Merkava which is an object of pride for the "Israeli" industry. "Israeli" helicopters were damaged day and night. . The attacks had included a Fajr-3 and a Ra'ad 1. Hizbullah also destroyed "Israeli" warship Sa'er off the Lebanese coast.

Meanwhile, and in the third anniversary of the war, Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement issued on Sunday that Lebanon's strength has always been in the country's true holding of its internal elements and political unity.

Berri issued his tribute to the lives of all those that gave their lives "from the military and the resistance only to register a wonderful historical and glorious epoch for our people."
Berri expressed his hope that the next Lebanese government would place the issue of compensation and that of the Litani River project at the top of its priorities.

For his part, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said that Lebanon's people and army taught "Israel"an unforgettable lesson in 2006 adding that the third anniversary of this war should work on speeding the formation of a national unity government.

"This defeat forced "Israel"to seek to issue threats and to daily violate Lebanese sovereignty and United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 that Lebanon fully commits to," Salloukh said.