Damascus-SANA
Twenty-two years ago, the festival of resistance and liberation in Lebanon still embodies a pivotal turning point in the history of the confrontation against the Israeli enemy, where the great victory achieved on the twenty-fifth of May 2000 and the liberation of the villages of southern Lebanon from the defilement of Zionist terrorism imposed the equation of power in Lebanon after the achievements and sacrifices of the resisters proved The correctness of the choice and approach of the resistance and its ability to break the Zionist plans in the region.
The men of the Lebanese national resistance, over the long years of struggle and confrontation, carried out hundreds of operations and made huge sacrifices, which eventually led to the defeat of the occupation forces from southern Lebanon, so that the Liberation Day constituted a model to be followed in inflicting a heavy defeat on the Israeli enemy that would not have been achieved without adhering to the golden equation represented by the army. The people's resistance.
On the evening of the twenty-fifth of May 2000, the Israeli occupation forces, by order of the then Prime Minister of the occupation, Ehud Barak, carried out the withdrawal under cover of darkness and evacuated all the sites in southern Lebanon amid a state of confusion among their soldiers and officers, while the joys of victory were celebrated on that day in all the villages in southern Lebanon. Lebanon.
Prior to the day of victory and liberation, the people of southern Lebanon, on the twenty-first of May, formed human chains supported by the Lebanese resistance to liberate the occupied southern villages. The monasteries of Sirian, Alman, Adshit, Houla, Markaba, Blida, Bani Hayyan, Talusah, Adeesah, Beit Yahoun, Konin, and others.
On the following day, the liberation reached the towns of Bint Jbeil, Ainata, Yaroun, Al-Tiri and the rest of the neighboring villages, while the people stormed the Khiam detention camp and opened its doors and liberated the prisoners with the defeat of the occupation and its agents there. On the 24th of May, the people and the resistance advanced to the villages and towns of the Western Bekaa, Hasbaya and its villages, in order to defeat the occupation forces as well.
The Commander of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, affirmed in his speech yesterday on this occasion that the Day of Resistance and Liberation is a bright station in the history of Lebanon, pointing out that the twenty-fifth of May 2000 was a milestone in the records of victory after the Lebanese managed to defeat the Israeli enemy from their land and destroy their land. The legend of his military superiority.
The victory of the twenty-fifth of May left strategic and historical repercussions that will remain fresh in the minds of the people of the region and the world after its effects were crystallized on the Arab and international arena, especially since this victory destroyed the prestige of the Israeli enemy and proved that the will of the peoples of resistance always wins and that the approach and choice of resistance in the face of the occupation is the most effective and correct way to liberate The land and the restoration of the rights that were stolen from its owners, no matter how long the occupation lasts.. And the Lebanese people will continue to resist them until the last inch of their occupied lands are liberated.
Basma Kanon
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