Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in the third week of October 2000.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
Israeli soldiers find the body of a guerrilla October 21, 2000 at the Israeli-Lebanon border. The guerilla was killed in a firefight with Israeli soldiers on Friday night in which Israeli soldiers, backed by attack helicopters, fired rockets. The Iranian-backed Hizbollla said the guerrilla was one not a member of it's group.
Players from Thailand rejoice as Lebanon's Halawi sits on the field at the end of the Asian Cup soccer tournament Group A match between Lebanon and Thailand in Beirut on Wednesday October 18, 2000. Lebanon crashed out of the competition after the teams tied 1-1.
An Israeli soldier stands guard behind concertina wire during works aimed at reinforcing the border with Lebanon October 16, 2000. The United States is brokering a meeting between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh in an attempt to stop the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence in decades.
Hezbollah chief Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a news conference in Beirut Monday, Oct. 16, 2000. Nasrallah said Monday an Israeli being held by his guerrillas was a spy lured into Lebanon and then kidnapped after flying into the country on a fake passport. Hizbollah said it had seized an Israeli colonel in a "complex security operation" eight days after it captured three Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon.
Lebanese soccer players celebrate their second goal against Iraq during their Asian Cup soccer tournament Group A match in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday October 15, 2000. The teams tied 2-2.
An Israeli army vehicle patrols the border with Lebanon at the al-Abbad position near the village of Houla in south Lebanon, October 15, 2000. Lebanon's Hizbollah said on Sunday it had seized an Israeli colonel in a complex security operation eight days after it captured three Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon.
Lebanese youths stroll along the otherwise deserted Fatima Gate fence at the Lebanese-Israeli border Sunday, Oct. 15, 2000. The popular spot for gawking and throwing stones at Israeli soldiers across the border was quiet Sunday as Hezbollah announced the capture of an Israeli intelligence officer, the second such seizure.
Lebanese Shadi Kescus, left, who lives in Saudi Arabia and an unidentified fellow passenger from the formerly hijacked Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 115 wait to board at Bagdad, Iraq Airport on their way home Sundya Oct. 15, 1000. The plane had been hijacked Saturday with 103 passengers aboard on a flight from Jiddah to London. The two hijackers surrendered in Baghdad and were detained there.
