Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in June 1999.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
A general view shows Jezzine village June 1. Israel's local militia appears set to abandon the Jezzine enclave, igniting debate on whether this is the beginning of the end for 21 years of Israeli control in south Lebanon.
An Israeli backed South Lebanon Army (SLA) militia tank during the army's retreat into the town center of Jezzine, south Lebanon in the early hours of June 1, after pulling out from four strong points in the surrounding salient. Pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerrillas fighting to drive Israeli troops and their SLA allies from Lebanon kept up their attacks as the militia began the withdrawal from the enclave it has held for 14 years.
An armed South Lebanon Army (SLA) militiaman walks along a convoy of SLA vehicles in the town center of Jezzine, south Lebanon early June 1, after pulling out from four strongholds in the surrounding salient. Pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerrillas fighting to drive Israeli troops and their SLA allies from Lebanon kept up their attacks as the militia began the withdrawl overnight from the enclave it has held for 14 years. Israel has occupied parts of Lebanon since 1978 and created the "security zone" in 1985 with the stated aim of preventing cross-border raids by Hizbollah and other guerilla groups.
A boy waves a Lebanese flag as he looks from a former stronghold of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA) in Roum village June 1. The SLA militia on Tuesday retreated to Jezzine town after completing a pullout from four key positions in the enclave it had occupied for 14 years.
Two soldiers from the Israeli-sponsored Southern Lebanon Army (SLA) pray in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary before withdrawing from Jezzine, a Christian enclave, in the early morning hours of June 3, 1999. The SLA were forced to withdraw from Jezzine, which they had occupied since 1985, because of successful Hizbollah attacks against them.
Lebanese Red Cross vehicles drive out of the town of Jezzine in south Lebanon 5 June 99. After Israeli-backed forces abandoned this enclave in south Lebanon, predictions it would become a new frontline in the war to end the Israeli occupation have not materialized.
An Israeli backed South Lebanon Army militia tank rolls along inside the Israeli self declared security zone in south Lebanon, June 12. The SLA's future as the Jewish state's client militia has been put in the balance this month after it withdrew from the key Jezzine enclave and after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's promises to pull out of Lebanon within a year
Tracers mark the path of anti-aircraft fire over the American University of Beirut as the Lebanese army tries unsuccessfully to shoot down Israeli jets flying in Lebanese airspace after the Hizbollah and Israel traded attacks earlier on June 24, 1999.
Flames rises from the Joumhour power station June 24. Israeli warplanes killed three members of Lebanon' s Civil Defence force and wounded four who were trying to fight a fire caused by an earlier Israeli attack on a power station, security sources said.
A Syrian occupation soldier and a civilian walk over a destroyed bridge at the Awaly river bridge at the entrance highway of Sidon, the port city in south Lebanon June 25. Israel vowed to launch fresh retaliatory raids against Lebanon after its fiercest offensive in three years killed at least eight people and levelled key power stations and bridges.
Syrian occupation soldiers inspect a damaged bridge outside the port city of Sidon in southern Lebanon June 25. Israel has unleashed its broadest attacks on Lebanon since a 1996 offensive, killing at least eight people and destroying vital infrastrure.
Residents stand on top of a destroyed highway bridge at Sa'adeyat village in southern Lebanon June 25. Israel vowed to launch fresh retaliatory raids against Lebanon after its fiercest offensive in three years killed at least eight people and levelled key power stations and bridges.
Lebanese residents walk across the damaged bridge over the river Awaly June 26. The bridge links Beirut with south Lebanon. Israel staged several attacks on Lebanon on Thursday which killed at least eight people and wounded 64.
Lebanese residents walk over the destroyed communication building at Jiyeh village, south of Beirut June 25. Israel vowed to launch fresh retaliatory raids against Lebanon after its fiercest offensive in three years killed at least eight people and levelled key power stations and bridges.
