Powell was booed in his visit to Syria

KFAR SHUBA, Lebanon, April 16 (News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops holding the Lebanese border area of the Shebaa Farms fired six shells into southern Lebanon Tuesday, April 16, causing no casualties, police said.

The shells landed near the border village of Kfar Shuba, they said. The shelling came one day after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was rebuffed by Lebanon and Syria in his call to restrain anti-Israeli attacks by the Lebanese Resistance Group, Hezbollah, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Officials in Beirut and Damascus blamed Israel for a rise in cross-border attacks by Hezbollah and demanded that Powell press hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon harder to end his offensive in the Palestinian territories.

The Shebaa Farms area was occupied by Israel from Syria in 1967 and now belong to Beirut with Damascus' consent. Lebanon and Syria told Powell that Hezbollah’s actions form part of a legitimate fight against occupation.

Hezbollah announced on Monday, April 15, that despite Powell’s "threats", its operations against Israeli occupation troops in the occupied Shebaa Farms region will continue.

"The Islamic resistance in Lebanon reaffirms that it will continue in its duty to liberate Lebanese territory that continues to be under occupation. It will not submit to messages, pressures and threats advanced by the American minister", said a communiqué issued by Hezbollah a few hours after Powell made a brief visit to Lebanon.

"At the same time, it will not abandon its support to the Palestinian people", added the communiqué.

Hezbollah added that "the current visit by Powell (to the region) aims to help the criminal (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon to gain a political victory in his aggression against the Palestinian people, and to push the different Arab capitals to pressure the Palestinians".

Since Israel began its aggressive military operations in the West Bank on March 29, there have been almost daily exchanges of artillery fire between Israeli outposts and Hezbollah in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

 

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