Communist Web Thursday 17th February 2000 9.30pm gmt South Lebanon Ablaze Despite daily Israeli air-raids, Lebanese resistance forces were continuing to attack Israeli and puppet troop positions in the occupied south of Lebanon as the Guardian went to press.Two Israeli soldiers have been killed and a number of Israelis and "South Lebanese Army" auxiliaries wounded by the guerrillas.Israeli warplanes are continuing to bomb villages they claim are guerrilla bases. They have destroyed three power stations, cutting off the power to the Lebanese capital for a time. Lebanese Hezbullah (Party of God) guerrillas said in a statement: "the occupation soldiers will remain steady targets for the bombs, rockets and ambushes of our fighters."The enemy will not be able to impose a new formula in the confrontation field", Hezbullah said, referring to Israel's attempts to deter attacks on its soldiers by hitting the Lebanese economy. Northern Israel is under a state of emergency and the settlers are taking cover in their shelters fearful of Hezbullah rocket attacks while others have left for safety in central Israel. Lebanese Electricity Minister Sleiman Trabousli said after touring the wreckage of the Jumhour power station on the outskirts of Beirut - the third time it has been raided by Israel since 1996 - that all three stations bombed in the midnight assault had been... http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/sou/sou.html
