Hezbollah geweerd uit Libanees grensdorp

 

Een goed teken, maar het feit dat het dorp 1 km van de Israelische grens ligt en Israelische soldaten bij wijze van spreken bij ze naar binnen kunnen kijken, is waarschijnlijk bepalender dan een veranderde houding tegenover Hezbollah. Ondertussen laat dit juist zien dat Hezbollah nog steeds VN resolutie 1701 schendt, en zij in veel andere dorpen waarschijnlijk gewoon nog aanwezig is en de dorpelingen in feite als menselijk schild worden gebruikt.

 

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Lebanese villagers repel Hizbullah men

Aug. 25, 2009
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

In what may be an indication of Hizbullah's waning influence over the residents of southern Lebanon, the security establishment released on Tuesday documented proof of Hizbullah operatives being forcibly prevented from entering a village near the Israeli border.

The grainy video showed residents of Kfar Manisim, which is only a kilometer from Israel, standing in front of a Hizbullah jeep and arguing with its occupants. The operatives, who had apparently tried to station arms in the houses of the villagers, resisted, and both sides began firing warning shots into the air. The incident eventually ended when the Hizbullah men turned around and drove away.

Following the confrontation, Lebanese army troops arrived at the village to ensure that order was maintained.

Israel has long maintained that Hizbullah has made a concerted effort to not only re-establish its presence in southern Lebanon, but also has consistently hidden weapons and fighters within the Lebanese civilian population. While the former charge would be a violation of UN Resolution 1701, the latter would be a violation of international law.

In July, a Hizbullah arms cache in southern Lebanon exploded, leading Israel to accuse the group of breaking the ceasefire agreement by stockpiling smuggled weapons in the southern part of the country. Hizbullah denied that the weapons were smuggled, saying that they had been stored prior to the Second Lebanon War.