Hezbollah fires missiles at Israeli posts in Shebaa Farms

[Whoa_Nelly]

Hezbollah fires missiles at Israeli posts in Shebaa Farms


Monday, October 27, 2003 Posted: 1628 GMT (12:28 AM HKT)


JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon launched anti-tank missiles and mortars Monday at Israel Defense Forces posts in the disputed Shebaa Farms area, Israeli military sources said.

No injuries or damage were reported, the sources said.

Israel responded with artillery fire "toward the source of the mortars directed at our forces," the sources said.

In a statement sent to CNN's Beirut bureau, Hezbollah said its fighters had fired rockets at Israeli positions in Roueissat, Elalan, Samaka and Ranta and "scored direct hits."

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Israeli diplomats say Shebaa farms could not be part of Lebanon because a May 2000 U.N. report certified that Israel had withdrawn entirely from Lebanon (in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425). The U.N. position is that the area is part of Israeli-occupied Syria.

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[denverbill]

1. You can always tell when someone is lying.

"Israeli diplomats say Shebaa farms could not be part of Lebanon because a May 2000 U.N. report certified that Israel had withdrawn entirely from Lebanon "

Now how made up an excuse is that? Just because the UN certified that Israel had withdrawn in May 2000 doesn't mean they didn't move back in after the inspection and it doesn't mean that the inspectors were necessarily correct. It's even more misleading because the UN considers the area part of Syria.

[Aidoneus]

2. there's 2 ways to interpret Shebaa farms

a)--it's Lebanese land illegally occupied by Israel, and not any legitimate part of Israel itself
b)--it's Syrian land illegally occupied and annexed by Israel, and not any legitimate part of Israel itself

Typically after Hizbullah attacks on Israeli military positions in the occupied region Israel responds by firing on south Lebanon villages, that may occur within the next few hours.