Sylvie Groult – The Mail & Guardian

Sylvie Groult

/ 25 September 2006

UN: Israel’s Lebanon pull-out on track for this week

Israeli troops are still occupying 10 areas of south Lebanon from which the last soldiers are due to withdraw by the end of this week — seven days later than first planned — a senior United Nations official said on Monday. They remain in place in 10 zones stretching from Yarin in the eastern sector to Kfarkila in the centre.

By Sylvie Groult

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/ 20 September 2006

Hezbollah takes lead in rebuilding south Lebanon

Standing in his grimy and smoke-stained welding shop, Ahmed Jumaa is eager to help rebuild Bint Jbeil, the south Lebanon town devastated by heavy fighting during Israel’s 34-day war on Hezbollah. Already he has made a start, and Jumaa says it is the very Shi’ite group that sparked the war by capturing two Israeli soldiers that is now helping get him back into business.

By Sylvie Groult