Abdullah Al-Haqim 
The Minister of Culture, Dr. Ghassan Salama, toured a number of archaeological events and sites in Tire that were subjected to Israeli attacks, especially the archaeological castle of Shuma and the shrine of Shimon Al -Safa in the border town of Shuma.
The first station was at the Al -Jaafari Dar Al -Jaafari in Tire, where he was received by Mufti Tire and Jabal Al -Amel Judge Sheikh Hassan Abdullah in the presence of Representative Ali Khreis, the deputy, Ayat Ezzedin, the organizational official of the “Amal” movement, Engineer Ali Ismail, the media official in the movement – Jabal Amel Alwan Sharaf Al -Din and the director of the religious green complex Sheikh Ali Abdullah.
Abdullah welcomed Minister Salama, noting that “the city of Tire was subjected to the destruction of the great and the systematic destruction has extended a number of archaeological sites and that this visit confirms communication with the parties by state institutions gives a new and sure opportunity to overcome all the challenges that we are experiencing to get Lebanon out of the effects of war and from the mentality of sectarian intolerance and adherence to the dialogue of dialogue and the spam of the Lebanese political forces.”
He called on the government through the Minister of Culture to “prepare for reconstruction programs with countries that are able to help and make way for a public speech to alienation to help and that the government take a series of measures that facilitate contributions to reconstruction.”
Ezzeddine said: “We welcome Minister Ghassan Salama in Tire and inform you of the greetings of the people of the South and President Nabih Berri.
Deputy Khreis welcomed Minister Salama, noting “the importance of directly to the extent of the massive destruction left by hostile raids and the importance of the Lebanese government to program reconstruction, especially the rehabilitation of the infrastructure of the city of Tire, the towns and the adjacent villages that were completely destroyed.”
(Pictures by Ahmed Mnach)
After that, Minister Salama and the accompanying delegation moved to the town of Shuma, inspecting the historic castle of Shuma, which was destroyed by the Israeli army, and destroyed the shrine of Shimon Al -Safa. Minister Salama and the attendees listened to a great explanation from the director of archaeological sites in the south, Dr. Ali Badawi, on the history of the castle and the damage caused to him by violent raids.
Salama said: “There is still a lack of commitment to the UN Resolution 1701 and the government insisting on liberating the remaining Lebanese occupied territories. We will seek to work to reconstruction by urging expatriates to contribute to reconstruction and facilitate the entry of capital from them to Lebanon and we have a tremendous work despite the difficult days, but the government is serious to rebuild.”
In response to a question he said: “Israel was seeking to plunder this castle and other sites. And as I learned that we have ten sites destroyed by Israel and this is a war crime and that we will work to visit the UNESCO Committee to see the damage and attempt to reconstruction.”
Then Salama and the attendees came around the remainder of the castle that was exposed to Israeli raids, and to sabotage.
