Introduction

The resistance and Mleeta share a special story, a story of adornment, of love, and of a place's remembrance. Ever since the first withdrawal of the Israeli occupation in 1985, Mleeta became an advanced strategic and military position of the Islamic resistance against the enemy's established buffer zone. The fall of Mleeta into the enemy's hands meant the fall of the backlines of the resistance, the villages of Iqlim al Tuffah, as well as the besieging of Mount Safi, the primary and main stronghold of the resistance at the time. Mleeta played the role of a particular school of faith and jihad. It became the springboard of thousands of Mujahedeen who executed thousands of military missions inside the occupied zone. Mleeta is the story of a rising mountain and the determination of strong men. Mleeta was built by the Mujahedeen with faith, endurance and free will. They treasured behind each rock and tree-trunk the story of a martyr or casualty.