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A glorious day in Lebanon.
Today is the day when this small yet powerful country made history and crushed the so called "unbeatable army".
On 25 May 2000, the Israeli occupation troops were forced out of Lebanon by the Lebanese resistance after 22 years of an illegal occupation

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Throughout the occupation the Israeli militias along with their primary Lebanese ally, the traitorous "South Lebanon Army", have committed horrendous crimes against the Lebanese. They used illegal methods of torture and executions against civilians including children and women

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Especially in the "Khiam prison" which was an Israeli detention centre in south Lebanon used for torture.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported the use of serious human rights abuses in the facility.

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After the liberation the prison was turned into a museum but during the 2006 Lebanon-Israel War, the Israeli Air Force bombed and destroyed the centre to hide the evidence of torture and mistreatment used there.

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An emotional videos of the moment Lebanese people freed their families from the Khiam prison amid the Israeli forces collapse in south Lebanon

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Another video that shows heartbreaking moments of families attempting to liberate their loved ones from the Israeli detention camps.

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For years south Lebanon was terrorised and almost ethnically cleansed until the people resisted. Not with boycotting, but with armed resistance, sacrifice and blood. Israel had no choice but to withdraw its forces after suffering from heavy losses.
Lebanon was finally liberated

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I can remember the warplanes we use to hide from, the checkpoints we use to avoid, the soldiers we use to fear, the cries for the massacres constantly committed by the Israelis, the sounds of explosions I use to be terrified of and the dark hours inside bombshells

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But what I can't remember during my childhood is my hometown Aynatha which was heavily occupied during that time since its located on the Palestinian-Lebanese Borders.

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On the May, 25, 2000 I was on a school bus going back from a trip to the zoo in Beirut. Suddenly the bus stopped and I saw was my parents running from the car and the teachers telling me to get off the bus. Normally I panicked and feared the worst so I asked what is going on?

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And mom screamed: "We are Free, the South is Free".
I didn't understand what was happening and I didn't know what she meant but I was relieved there were good news.
While heading to south Lebanon I remember a long traffic on the way and people were celebrating and waving flags

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The minute we reached our hometown the Israeli troops were still withdrawing but at that moment we were not afraid, we felt stronger and had more faith and we knew that the time of our defeat is over.
(Video from Saida, south Lebanon)

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Today we stand stronger than before in the face of zionism knowing that our faith, resilience and unity will always be a knife in the hearts of enemies.
That day we thought humanity the true meaning of Freedom and how it is achieved.
#25May

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“When the Israeli army was occupying that Square no Lebanese use to dare step foot in it”.
Look at us now Israel.
The taste of freedom couldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for the resistance that Tel Aviv and its allies call “Terrorists”.
Glory from ashes my Lebanon

Julia Boutros
A Lebanese Christian singer that honored the Lebanese resistance and south Lebanon with her songs and concerts.
Atheists, Muslims, Christians, Sunnis, Shias, Druze, Leftists, Rightists, Secularists, Conservatives and more.
Everyone passionately singing for the south