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Israel Attacks Christian Heartland Of Beirut
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Fri Aug 4, 2006 @ 10:39am |
 Coolness: 92265 | Israel's pounding of Lebanon continued Friday, with an air strike on a village near Lebanon's border with Syria that killed at least 20 people and injured more than 30.
The casualties were being taken to hospitals in Syria, Lebanese security sources told Reuters news agency. Earlier, Israeli missiles targeted bridges in Christian areas north of Beirut for the first time, killing at least four civilians and wounding 10. Other Israeli air raids near Beirut's airport and southern suburbs killed a Lebanese soldier and left six civilians wounded, security officials and witnesses told the Associated Press. Beirut media said Israel launched 24 bombing runs in just an hour. Israeli military officials said they were aiming for holdings of both Hezbollah and Hamas militants. Meanwhile, the destruction of four bridges on the main north-south coastal highway linking Beirut to Syria further sealed Lebanon from the outside world. The Israeli naval blockade and earlier strikes against roadways had already closed off other main access points. Fierce fighting also continued along the border, and Hezbollah said in a statement broadcast by the group's Al-Manar TV station that its fighters had killed six Israeli soldiers near the villages of Aita al-Shaab and Markaba. Rockets pound Israel The clashes came a day after a massive barrage of Hezbollah rockets pounded northern Israel, killing eight people, and an offer by Hezbollah's leader to stop the attacks if Israel ends its air strikes. Hassan Nasrallah also threatened to fire rockets at Tel Aviv if central Beirut was attacked again. "If you strike Beirut, the Islamic Resistance will strike Tel Aviv and it is able to do so," Nasrallah said on Al-Manar TV Thursday. South Beirut has been attacked repeatedly by Israeli warplanes since fighting began more than three weeks ago, but the strikes early Friday hit the affluent Christian locality of Jounieh, north of the capital, for the first time. The bombing of the picturesque coastal resort marked a sharp expansion of Israel's attack on Lebanon, which now threatens Christian areas where Hezbollah is believed to have little support or presence. Meanwhile, in the hills of southern Lebanon, Israeli artillery intensified bombing overnight, sometimes sending as many as 15 shells per minute against suspected Hezbollah strongholds. 'At least 900 Lebanese killed' Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Thursday that at least 900 Lebanese, mostly civilians, had been killed and more than one million people -- or about a quarter of Lebanon's population -- had been displaced. Around 68 Israelis have been killed, including 41 soldiers and 27 civilians. More than 300,000 Israelis have fled their homes in the north, Israeli officials said. Despite Hezbollah's truce offer and continuing international diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz told top army officers to begin preparing for the next stage of the offensive in south Lebanon -- a push up to Lebanon's Litani River. Such a push would require further approval by Israel's Security Cabinet and could lead to far more casualties. Meanwhile, at the United Nations Thursday, France circulated a revised resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities and spelling out the conditions for a permanent cease-fire and lasting solution to the crisis. Israel, backed by the United States, has rejected calls for an immediate cease-fire, saying it wants an international force or the Lebanese army to deploy in southern Lebanon to prevent future Hezbollah attacks. The offensive in Lebanon began on July 12 after two Israeli soldiers were captured by Hezbollah fighters. With files from the Associated Press |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Fri Aug 4, 2006 @ 12:02pm |
 Coolness: 201225 | It's really ugly now |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Fri Aug 4, 2006 @ 12:39pm |
 Coolness: 339665 | Uhm, who cares if they're "Christian" or otherwise... ? why the outrage over this particular aspect? |
| I'm feeling humoured right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Fri Aug 4, 2006 @ 12:44pm |
| Coolness: 92265 | because they keep saying they are only aiming for Hezbollah and that the civilians just get in the way and get used as human shields but now they attacked an area where there was no Hezbollah stronghold and practicaly no supporters which is exactly what they claimed they are not doing. Which brings about the question: why? and the word: lie. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Fri Aug 4, 2006 @ 12:50pm |
| Coolness: 201225 | Well it's bad if any civilians who are not involved in the war are killed, whether or not they are christians or muslims. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Sat Aug 5, 2006 @ 6:50am |
 Coolness: 145200 | civil war is brewing in the holyland, iraq, and afganistan, wake up people, things are getting worse by the moment.... |
| I'm feeling surly right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Aug 5, 2006 @ 10:24am |
| Coolness: 339665 | QUICK! Let's all use our telekenetic powers to stop this from happening! |
| I'm feeling humoured right now.. | |
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