Lebanon To Receive First 2 Warplanes on Independence Day, UNIFIL-Hizbullah Incident in Yuhmur
According to the daily An-Nahar on Sunday, Russian President Dimitri Medvedev is considering delivering two MIG 29 fighter jets out of the ten ordered for Lebanon on independence day (November 22nd).
Press reports mentioned that a four-wheel drive vehicle belonging to the Polish battalion under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had lost its way in the south. The driver was surprised to find that he was facing Hizbullah elements near Yuhmur; he panicked and unintentionally hit one individual with the vehicle.
The UNIFIL automobile was searched by Hizbullah elements that confiscated a camera, a map and the driver”s identity card.
The driver and the vehicle were later returned following talks between Hizbullah and Lebanese military intelligence.