The Head of the National Struggle Front MP Walid Jumblatt said he would normally congratulate the heads of the state and governments, clergymen and citizens on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, but this year he will pay tribute to a different group. This year he will salute the families of the martyrs of the 2006 war, the Palestinian families who lost their sons and daughters in the attack on Gaza, and the martyrs who have fallen in the Israeli raids.
In his weekly column published by Al-Anbaa daily, Jumblatt addressed the families of the disappeared hoping that the fate of their lost sons and daughters will be revealed. To the families of the political prisoners, Jumblatt voiced hope that they will be released unconditionally.