الحرب اللبنانية في صور ( ٦٠ )

It also announces the names of the fighters who were wounded and captured among the enemy forces, and they are:
1- The wounded fighter, Hussein Ibrahim Mahmoud Fayyad. The nom de guerre is Fayyad, born in Gaza in 1960. His father, Ibrahim, is a resident of Khan Yunis. He joined the movement in 1974.
2- The wounded fighter, Khaled Muhammad Ibrahim, the nom de guerre Abu Salah, born in Kuwait in 1960. His father, Muhammad, is from the town of Ola, in the district of Tulkarm. He joined the movement in 1975.
As a result, Israel moved its forces in the largest military maneuver since the October War, and because of the rain, it was delayed for three days before announcing the start of the attack on the fedayeen bases in Lebanon. It began to occupy the south on the night of 14/15 March 1978, under the pretext that it was carrying out a cleansing operation in the area and said that it would not clash with the army or deterrence

On April 16, Begin, the Prime Minister of Israel, announced that the Israeli forces occupied 640 square kilometers of the land of Lebanon and invaded the south on four lines and a depth of ten kilometers. It begins with a counter-attack, and the issue of the Israeli occupation moved to the Security Council, so Lebanon requested on April 18 (1978) to stop the aggression and immediate withdrawal. Lebanon’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ghassan Tueni, announced his historic speech in which he said, “Let my people live in peace.” Fighting continued between the resistance and Israel for the third day. Successively, convoys of displaced southerners began to flock to Sidon and Beirut and settle in every place they deem suitable for habitation. There was no school, house or building left in the western region of Beirut except that a shelter was used for the displaced, whose number was reported to be two hundred thousand people, young and old, and the state that is still Tariyat al-Awd seeks to shelter the displaced and assist them with tents, blankets, food and clothing. Finally, the Security Council agreed to send an international force to the south with a majority of 12 votes, with Russia and Czechoslovakia abstaining and not participating. The formation of the force began. The decision entered the procedural stage. Despite this, Israel expanded the occupation, while the resistance continued for the fifth day, and the battles of Tyre and Nabatiyeh preceded the Security Council resolution.

Resolution 425

And in what follows UN Security Council Resolution No. 425 issued on March 19, 1978 related to the establishment of an international “interim” force for southern Lebanon: The Security Council, after taking note of the letters of the permanent representative of Lebanon (Ambassador Ghassan Tueni) and the permanent representative of Israel (Haim Herzog), and after listening to The speeches of the Permanent Representatives of Lebanon and Israel, as it expresses its keen interest in the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences for the preservation of international peace. Expressing its conviction that the present situation impedes the achievement of a just peace in the Middle East,
1- Calls for careful respect for Lebanon's territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence within its internationally recognized borders.
2- Calls on Israel to immediately stop its military operation against Lebanon's territorial integrity and to immediately withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory.
3- Decides, in the light of the request of the Lebanese Government, to establish immediately under its authority a United Nations Interim Force for Southern Lebanon in order to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, to consolidate international peace and security, and to assist the Government of Lebanon in securing the return of its effective authority in the area, provided that this force consists of One of the elements provided by the member states of the United Nations.
4- He requests the Secretary-General to report to him within 24 hours
regarding the implementation of this decision.

* Israeli soldiers and dead Palestinians in Bint Jbeil.

* The land occupied by Israel in southern Lebanon before the withdrawal.