By Kashif Ahmed
September 12th, 1997, South Lebanon: Three Hezbollah freedom fighters were martyred (KIA) in a battle against the illegitimate state of Israel.
One of the Mujahideen was Syed Hadi Nasrallah Shaheed, eldest son of Syed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah. Hadi Nasrallah fought bravely against the Jewish occupation on the hilly terrain of Iqlim Al Tofah; he never asked for any special privileges and did his duty as any regular soldier would, he was 18.
“In the history of Lebanon, both during the Civil War and the confrontation with Israeli aggression, no one ever saw that a son of one of the leaders of the political groups and militias had been martyred. This incident prompted a wave of emotion and respect across the region: Even Abdullah, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, for the first time in the history of Hezbollah, sent condolences to the Secretary General of Hezbollah and announced support for the Islamic Resistance.”
Followers of the Pure, Biography of Martyr Sayyid Hadi Nasrallah.
January-December 1999: Jewry focused its attacks on Palestinian civilians and rarely ventured out of the ‘security zone’ into Lebanon. An attempted attack by Israel results in the death of 12 IOF conscripts. Hezbollah also captures an Israeli M113 armoured personnel carrier in the aftermath of the skirmish.
May 25th, 2000: Israel retreats from its South Lebanon ‘security zone’, though some troops continue to occupy the Shebaa Farms region.
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