The
New York Times grudgingly reports as "Israeli accusations" a mountain of evidence that Hezbollah has been immersed in war crimes. Of course, much of this information is quite old news in the blogosphere:
Israel's military has declassified photographs, video images, and prisoner interrogations from the war against Hezbollah this summer to buttress its accusation that Hezbollah systematically fired from civilian neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, itself a war crime, which made those areas legitimate targets. A detailed report on the war was produced by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies, headed by Reuven Erlich, a retired colonel in military intelligence. The report says Hezbollah stored weapons in mosques, battled Israelis from inside empty schools, flew white flags while transporting missiles, and launched rockets near UN monitoring posts.
The report includes Israeli Air Force video of Hezbollah firing rockets next to residential buildings and notes: "The construction of a broad military infrastructure, positioned and hidden in populated areas, was intended to minimize Hezbollah's vulnerability. Hezbollah would also gain a propaganda advantage if it could represent Israel as attacking innocent civilians."
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