BEIRUT, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese on Wednesday held a series of activities for the Resistance and Liberation Day marking the end of Israel's 22-year-long military occupation of southern Lebanon in 2000.
A grand horse guards parade was held near the Blue Line border with Israel while murals were drawn on the cement wall separating the two countries, security forces told Xinhua.
In a bike rally organized in the Jabal Amel region along the border line, the Lebanese flags were raised and waved by participants from across the country, they said.
A ceremony was also held in honor of those liberated from the Khiam detention center, which was used by the Israeli army to hold Muslim militants during its occupation of southern Lebanon but preserved as a museum by the Lebanese government after the Israeli withdrawal.
Security sources said the Israeli army raised its alert level along the border line by deploying armored vehicles and tanks, intensifying patrols and using drones to monitor activities across the border.
In an address to military and security personnel for the Resistance and Liberation Day, Abbas Ibrahim, chief of the Lebanese General Security, warned against imminent military and security risks for Lebanon, official National News Agency (NNA) reported.
"Israeli attacks and provocations are still recurring on an almost daily basis, and the most dangerous thing we are facing is the enemy's continuation of its war maneuvers," he was quoted by NNA as saying. ■
