Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in May 1997.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
Pope John Paul ll kisses a box of Lebanese soil offered by two children upon his arrival at Beirut's airport, May 10. The Pope arrived in Lebanon to a warm welcome from authorities of the Moslem-majority country and immediately issued a veiled call for the departure of Syrian and Israeli troops.
Pope John Paul ll stands in his Popemobile as it passes through crowds throwing rice and rose petals and waving papal and Lebanese flags on the way to the Presidential Palace in Beirut, May 10. Thousands of Lebanese wellwishers gave the Pope a tumultuous welcome at the start of a brief visit to Lebanon, his first visit to a Middle East country.
Pope John Paul ll talks with Lebanese President Elias Hrawi (R) upon his arrival to Beirut's airport, May 10. The Pope arrived in Lebanon to a warm welcome from authorities of the Moslem-majority country and immediately issued a veiled call for the departure of Syrian and Israeli troops.
An Orthodox priest kisses Pope John Paul II's ring May 11 as the Pontiff prepares to celebrate an open air mass in Beirut. More than 300,000 people attended the mass in Beirut against the backdrop.
Pope John Paul ll waves during Sunday mass in a Beirut construction site, May 11. In his sermon, the Pontif took his message of Moslem-Christian reconciliation into the battle- scarred heart of Beirut.
Two Israeli soldiers cry as they kneel beside the flower-covered grave during the funeral of their friend First Sergeant Zeev Zommerfeld May 16 in Gederot. The 20-year- old Israeli paratrooper was one of three Israeli soldiers killed in a clash with Hizbollah guerillas late May 15 in the south Lebanon security zone.
