Resistance and Liberation Day (Lebanon)

Resistance and Liberation Day (Arabic:عيد المقاومة والتحرير, Yawm al-Muqawamat Waltahrir) is a Lebanese holiday celebrated on May 25.

[2] The United Nations certified that the withdrawal was complete,[3] with troops having left territory demarcated by the Blue Line.

After the Israelis had retreated, Lebanese prime minister Salim al-Hoss declared a public holiday on May 25 to commemorate the end of the occupation.

[citation needed] The holiday is celebrated with parades, rallies, ceremonies, political marches, and speeches especially in the south of Lebanon where the people were most effected by the invasion.

[4] It is also celebrated by reconstruction projects in the region, for instance, Lebanese politicians commemorated the occasion in 2007 by announcing the rebuilding of the Zahrani Bridge, a crucial transportation connection devastated in an Israeli bombing in July 2006.