Sunday, July 30. 2006
60 Killed in IAF Strike on Qana in Southern Lebanon
"A high-ranking IAF officer said that the IDF warned the residents of Qana to evacuate the village in anticipation of the airstrikes on Katyusha launchers."
Over 100 Rockets Hit Northern Israel on Sunday
Meir: Hezbollah Using civilians as Human Shields
"Gideon Meir, a senior Foreign Ministry official, said on Sunday that Hezbollah was using their own civilian population as human shields."
Eldad: Har Dov Withdrawal Would be Humiliating
"Withdrawal from Har Dov would be the country's most shameful surrender."
IDF: Hezbollah Tried to Kidnap Soldiers Again
"Hezbollah had intended to kidnap IDF soldiers in Saturday fighting in the south Lebanon village of Bint Jbail. The plan was foiled due to the soldiers' alertness."
Six Wounded as Rockets Pound North
"In one barrage of at least 10 rockets, a house sustained a direct hit. Other damage was also reported. A total in Kiryat Shmona and Acre as over 80 rockets rained down again on northern cities. Twenty-nine people suffered from shock. All of the casualties were taken to Nahariya Hospital."
IDF: Syria Smuggling Weapons, Rockets to Hezbollah
2 Would-be Bombers Caught Near Nablus
"The would-be bombers were caught inside a Palestinian cab just outside of Nablus in the area of the Shavei Shomron settlement. The terrorists were affiliated with Fatah and the PFLP movements. Palestinian terrorist groups in the West Bank were working in conjunction with Hezbollah in an effort to carry out attacks in Israel while the IDF was fighting in Lebanon."
West Fears Hezbollah's Fighting Style
"'Few nations want to confront Hezbollah because the terrorist group has an unquenchable lust for martyrdom fueled by a radical Islamic ideology,' said retired Army Lt.-Col. Robert Maginnis, a military analyst. 'I'm not optimistic about the so-called peacekeeping effort.' There is still the memory of Hezbollah suicide bombers blowing up a Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, killing 241 American service members."
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
"With hundreds of Lebanese dead and Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for more than two weeks, the tide of public opinion across the Arab world is surging behind the organization, transforming Hassan Nasrallah into a folk hero."
Christians Fleeing Lebanon Denounce Hezbollah
"Some of the Christians who had made it out in the convoy from Tyre in southern Lebanon wanted to talk about their ordeal at the hands of Hezbollah."
Choosing Between a Shoe and a Husband , By Rana Saed
"In Arab society a woman is not perceived as an independent person, but rather as someone who is always under the control of members of her family, until she is passed over to her husband's control. Most Arab women are not even aware that things could be different, and accept it submissively."
A Soldier's Sacrifice in Lebanon
"Klein threw his body over a hand grenade, sacrificing his life for the sake of his soldiers. In the last seconds of his life, he was heard to shout the 'Shema Yisrael' prayer."
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