Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in March 1999.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
A Lebanese soldier sits atop his tank near the port-city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, March 1. Lebanon was on high alert on Monday after Israel said it would lash out at more Hizbollah targets to avenge the weekend killing of four Israelis, including Israeli Brigadier-General Erez Gerstein, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Israel's South Lebanon security zone February 28. Gerstein became the highest-ranking Israeli officer to die in combat in Lebanon in 17 years when guerrillas attacked the Israeli troops.
Lebanese soldiers man an anti-aircraft gun, on alert for any Israeli attacks near the port-city of Tyre in south Lebanon March 1. Lebanon was on high alert after Israel said it would lash out at more Hizbollah targets to avenge the weekend killing of four Israelis.
An Israeli army colonel lays a wreath on the flower-covered grave of Brigadier-General Erez Gerstein at the end of a funeral attended by thousands of mourners including senior army officers and politicians March 2. Gerstein, one of Israel's senior commander in its self-declared South Lebanon security zone, was killed alongside two soldiers and a civilian radio reporter when their convoy was attacked by pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerillas in South Lebanon two days ago.
Israeli army generals form an honor guard around the coffin of Brigadier-General Erez Gerstein as it lies in state covered in an Israeli flag and floral wreaths in this collective farming community March 2. Gerstein, one of Israel' s senior commanders in its self-declared South Lebanon security zone, was killed alongside two soldiers and a civilian radio reporter when their convoy was attacked by pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerillas in South Lebanon two days ago.
Six Israeli army brigadier- generals carry the coffin of Brigadier-General Erez Gerstein on their shoulders at the start of his funeral as an army rabbi (C) recites prayers, March 2. Gerstein, one of Israel's senior commanders in its self-declared South Lebanon security zone, was killed alongside two soldiers and a civilian radio reporter when their convoy was attacked by pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerillas in South Lebanon two days ago.
Najib Abu Rish, a Druze elder whose relative was killed alongside Brigadier-General Erez Gerstein, salutes the Israeli commander's coffin as it lies in state covered by an Israeli flag and floral wreaths in this collective farming community March 2. Gerstein, one of Israel's senior commanders in its self-declared South Lebanon security zone, was killed along with his army driver Imad Abu Rish, another soldier and a civilian radio reporter when their convoy was attacked by pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerillas in South Lebanon two days ago.
A view of Qaraoun lake in western Bekaa valley in Lebanon. The lake, a reservoir in the fertile Bekaa Valley, is third full despite cutting the amount released to generate electricity.
