Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in April 1999.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
Israeli soldiers embrace as they attend Memorial Day services at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery April 20, while standing beside the grave of a friend who lost his life in Lebanon in 1998. Nearly 19,000 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel's five wars and countless military encounters since the state was founded in 1948.
Miriam Peretz and family members hug one another as they mourn at the grave of her son, Lt. Uriel Peretz, at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery as Israel marks Memorial Day for its fallen soldiers April 20. Peretz was killed in action in Lebanon in November 1998 at the age of 22. Nearly 19,000 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel's five wars and countless military encounters since the state was founded in 1948.
