Två mycket bra reportage från Libanon som tar upp många intressanta aspekter när det gäller den folkliga förankringen för motståndet mot Israel och det täta samarbetet mellan Hizbollah och andra motståndsrörelser. De visar också återigen på hur israels siffror om dödade frihetskämpar helt enkelt inte stämmer. Läs
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“The Israelis lost the battle because we all became the resistance,” said Ahmed. “The left, the Arab nationalists and the locals all worked under the leadership of Hizbollah for the defence of our town.”
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I asked if there was any truth to the Israeli claim that over 50 resistance fighters had been killed in the area. He took me to a wake where we met a group of fighters, some of them wounded, drinking coffee. They all agreed that only eight local fighters had died, and pointed to a small trench that was being dug for graves. There was room for 14 graves - eight for fighters and six for civilians.
En rolig sak som nämns i det andra reportaget är att Hizbollah efter vapenvilan uppenbarligen fick eskortera Israeliska trupper över gränsen för att rädda dem från den folkliga vreden
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By the evening refugees reached the border town of Bint Jbail, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting during the war. The roads were too badly damaged by Israeli bombs, so they abandoned their vehicles and marched to the town on foot.
Wherever they found Israeli troops they would pelt them with stones and shout at them to leave.
Some Israeli units became isolated, while others retreated to the border. The “dash for the Litani” became a rout of the Israeli army.
As there was an official ceasefire, Hizbollah fighters found themselves having to escort isolated Israeli units to the border.
This was the final humiliation for one of the most powerful armies in the world - and it happened at the hands of the people.