Published on: October 13, 2024
© Author: Kees Versteegh, Photos: Annabel Oosteweeghel.

The NRC newspaper spoke to five veterans who served in Lebanon in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Lebanon veteran Bert Kleine Schaars and his wife Jeannet, with whom he runs the Veterans for Lebanon foundation.

AD PREMIUM, 09 october 2024,  © Ronald Hissink, Tonny van der mee.        

The Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon evokes many emotions among Lebanon veterans.

The Hague, 7 october 2024.

Embassy of lebanon to the kingdom of the netherlands, 

Schalkhaar, 4 October 2024                            
© text Luuk ten Kleij / photos Ruben Meijerink

He served there as a soldier in 1980 and is still closely involved with the country.

Schalkhaar  October 2, 2024     

Text: © RTV Oost / Teun van der Velden

Almost every day he is in contact with the inhabitants of Lebanon,