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In the fog of war, accidents happen. Often targets are not bombed on the same day missiles are fired from them. When the enemy continously targets civilians and uses civilians as human shields as part of their strategy, tragedies like this will occur.
The below article from CNN is proof enough to me that Hezbollah was operating from and does operate from a hospitals, mosques, schools - (they have to to survive!) I trust Israel's press to find the truth, as do even many of the people that are against the Israeli response to Hezbollah.
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel's military on Wednesday released video that it said proved a hospital it raided overnight deep inside Lebanon was actually a Hezbollah headquarters.
Israeli special forces raided the hospital near Baalbeck, Lebanon, snatching five militants and killing 10 others, Israel's army said.
Hezbollah disputed the Israeli military account, saying five civilians were arrested who are not members of the militant group.
Israeli video of the scene appeared to show weapons that Israeli soldiers discovered during a search of the hospital. (Watch Israeli video showing soldiers searching the hospital -- 1:34)
Anyone who claims Israel intentionally kills civilians while at the same time ignoring the intentional attacks on Israeli civilians by Hezbollah that started this war is guilty of bias. The loss of life is sad and sickening - but its root cause is Radical Islam - which must be destroyed, since it is impacting all nations, not just Israel. Even Peace Now supports the Israeli response.
OK, Israeli appologists; please explain the IDF report that says that there were no rockets fired from Qana on the day in question.
60 years we've been trying and they keep popping up like vampires. What do we have to do to them?
Why is Cana (pronounced KAY-nah) being referred to as Qana (pronounced KAH-nah)? I had no idea that this tragic city was in fact a major "player" in the New Testament until an article in the Chicago Tribune described it as such. The least the media could do is use both words in the reports so as to clarify the location, and its historical significance, for the benefit of Westerners.
This arbitrary changing of spelling and pronunciations of foreign cities seems to be "on a roll" lately, beginning with the Turin/Torino controversy in this year's Olympics.
OK - A Couple of possibilities:
1. Fog of war, Israelis accidentally destroyed building not known to have any people inside. Hundreds of missiles had been fired from Qana on previous days.
2. Destruction of targets does not always occur on the same day that missiles are fired from them. Its not "whack a mole" where you can only destroy a target the same day you see missiles fired...
Most likely Qana was unintentional. Nobody in their right mind would argue that Hezbollah is not going after Israeli civilians with their missiles.
"Nobody in their right mind would argue that Hezbollah is not going after Israeli civilians with their missiles."
At least that's more or less the 'enlightened' narrative. Loss of life is one thing. The deaths of 2000 Israelis and more than 60 US citizens since 2000 is quite another. Let's not forget that in our oh so delicate whining about the poor victims of violence. Stick with the script people.
When there's fallout ON Tel Aviv I will declare a day of Salon Celebration.