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Lebanon: Dozens killed in IDF strike
Ali Waked
Published: 30.07.06, 10:47
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1. Nice doing IDF
Philanthropist   (07.30.06)
Congraduation IDF FOR YOUR pROFESSIONALISM IN TERMINATING INNOCENT CIVILIANS
2. Enough
Agop ,   Yerevan   (07.30.06)
Enough is enough. Isnt there left any reasonable person in Israel to say NO to such bloodshed. Are Israel full of facist lunatics who want more blood?
3. 40 people or forty Hezbollah Soliders?
Free ,   USA   (07.30.06)
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,19960056-5006301,00.html
4. When are isralies gonna stop killing civilians?
Alan ,   France   (07.30.06)
I am just wondering when will israelies stop killing civilians. It seems all the people IDF soldiers keep killing (bravely) are civilians. I keep hearing about this kick A$$ army israel have. Yet, all what i see is that the IDF is sufferring really badly ( loosing soldiers, Apaches, tanks). I wonder where are these hearoic soldiers isralies have. I think isralies will be better off calling for a cease fire and negoiate with hizballah. I do not think Israel's economy & people can handle having more dead IDF soldiers. To my understanding IDF soldiers are really good in fights where the other side is only armed with stones & knifes. But it seems south lebanon is kinda different from the west bank & gaza strip. And this is why IDF soldiers need to withdraw:) I just donot understand how can few poorly trained militias defeat golani IDF unit. I can tell you guys that the world is shocked by this defeat and wish you guys better luck in Gaza and west bank. God bless the middle East:)
5. That's what happens when they shield terrorists
Dani ,   Tel Aviv   (07.30.06)
Stupid people pay the price for stupid choices. Stop letting terrorists use you as human shields and you'll stop getting killed. Your blood is on your own heads.
6. No more war. No more bloodshed.
Danny Levi ,   Haifa, Israel   (07.30.06)
We've seen enough of this. This has gone too far. IAF is a lose canon. Olmert is a lose canon. F16 pilot: how do you sleep at night? When you drop a bomb on civilians, how are you different from those lousy Hizbollah fighters who launch rockets into cities? I am ashamed in my army. This is not Israel Defense Forces. These are Israel Destraction Forces. Terrorism is terrorism. Targeting civilians is what Nasrallah does. And targeting civilians is what Olmert does. Same as what Shron and Raful and Menachem did in the First Lebanon War. We are repeating the same deadly mistakes, deadly for them and for us. Read here about the Lebanon War of 1982 to see history recreates itself in the hands of OLMERT and NASRALLAH. The players then were Begin and Arafat. Different players, same catastrophe, nothing was learned: http://www.israel-chronicles.org/lebanon1982.htm
7. that is simply awful
AMerican ,   USA   (07.30.06)
god bless the little children- my heart breaks for them- and Israel- you are fricking out of control.
8. TO NO.4
MIKE ,   UK   (07.30.06)
Yes-is awful when civilians get killed -ON BOTH SIDES. The difference is also that the IDF do not hide behind the Israeli civilians. Also you say 'poorly trained' - think again..Iran has trained these terrosists into well trained fighters supplying them with well over 10000 rockets...poorly trained??? Any army in the world trying to combat terrorists would have same problem when fighting them whilst these terrorists cowardly hide behind civilians...WAKE UP!!!!
9. Shield terrorists?
Agop ,   Yerevan   (07.30.06)
Hezbullah guerillas are not stupid or villain to hide behind the civilians.. They are clever enough to know that Israel first hit civilian targets. They have bunkers and tunnels to hide... All world know that but only Israeli intelligence lacks of this tips.. It is apparent that IDF has no intention to Hizbullah but to kill anyone innocent
10. to authors of this article and to Dani #5
slawomir ,   poland   (07.30.06)
"Lebanon: Dozens HURT as building collapses" - very nice heading! Why you didn`t write: Dozens KILLED as building collapses??? "At least 40 people were injured, SOME of them killed..." Why you didn`t write "MOST of them were killed" To Dani from Tel Aviv. You called these miserous killed people as STUPID. OK. You are a free man and you can write what you want. But remeber, that people of the world are watching you, are watching Israel and IDF. Peharps you and whole Israel don`t want and don`t need friends in the world? Killing children will not help to preserve a good public image of Israel. With all respect - you are stupid.
11. Shame on Israel
Ashamed Jew   (07.30.06)
Shame on U !!
12. Olmert have u reported to Bush # of children u killed today
Bob   (07.30.06)
13. Khizb-Allah Fighters Are Civilians, Not A Military
Paqid 16, Netzarim ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (07.30.06)
Those who lived in Khizb-Allah country did so because they are relatives who have sent their sons to fight with Khizb-Allah, residents who identify with Khizb-Allah, support Khizb-Allah and voluntarily and actively assist Khizb-Allah through providing food, shelter, human shielding and transforming their mosques, schools, hospitals and homes into Khizb-Allah weapons caches and fighting outposts. Khizb-Allah isn't a military, it's a multi-national militia. A priori, ALL of these combatants are "civilians." It is misrepresentation for the media to talk about "civilians" being killed when, in fact, these "civilians" are Khizb-Allah fighters and support personnel - yes, including women and children. Photos prove that Islamic Caliphists brainwash their children from birth to become suicide bomber "martyrs" and terrorists. http://new.netzarim.co.il/ConvCtr/ConvCtr.htm/YBD200607271530 Further, these "civilians" - actually Khizb-Allah fighters and their support personnel - chose to stay for two reasons: [a] to contribute to the Khizb-Allah war effort and [b] because Khizb-Allah promised to protect them. Aside from the fact that Khizb-Allah lied to them - there was never any chance Khizb-Allah could protect them - the "civilians" were warned to leave and refused. Much of the world remains ignorant to the fact that this is not a conventional country against country or military against military war. It is a war in which a country's border was violated and the country attacked - an act of war - by a multi-national, religio-political fighting force that make its own decisions independent of the country in which it resides. Israel was attacked by "civilians" and is forced to defend itself against "civilians." For the media to sympathize with these Islamic Caliphist "civilians" being killed isn't remotely neutral, objective or professional reporting. The several hundred "civilians" who have been killed, including women and child soldiers, are Khizb-Allah fighters. Israel is doing a better job, by several orders of magnitude, of avoiding hurting truly innocent civilians than any war in history. Only Khizb-Allah propagandists, their sympathizers and their MANY dupes fail to recognize that. Lebanese should note two things: [a] if Israel wasn't being surgical and trying to avoid hurting truly innocent civilians Lebanon would be counting the dead in the tens of thousands by now and [b] areas of Lebanon that aren't Khizb-Allah dominated or part of Khizb-Allah's arms supply routes from Syria are still beautiful and untouched. It's also overdue to let Syria know that Iran isn't even safe if they don't back off from threatening Israel - including their drive to go nuclear - much less impotent Syria. Syria had better get the message before Damascus looks like S. Beirut. Paqid Yirmeyahu Israeli Orthodox Jew Advancing Logic as Halakhic Authority Welcoming non-Jews www.netzarim.co.il
14. to #6
Al ,   New York, USA   (07.30.06)
Thank you Danny. You wrote what I was going to write.
15. legally speaking, the civilian deaths are hizbullah's fault
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (07.30.06)
the ones who use human shields are the ones who are to blame for their deaths. i like the way that fact is conveniently buried and forgotten.
16. Rockets were entering Israel from that location
adi ,   usa   (07.30.06)
They leafleted and warned civilians to get out. Don't you understand that when a country is under fire YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF???????? Israel is doing what it needs to stay alive. ANYONE who undermines Israel's action is really asking Israel to go jump in the sea. If you don't let Israel defend herself, SHE WILL NO LONGER EXIST. That is probably exactly what you want, #4, Monsieur ALAN, from FRANCE. When will you get it in your little pea-brain that there is NOTHING Hizballah cares to negotiate about! HELLO?!?!?!?
17. very unfortunite
Rafi ,   Canada   (07.30.06)
This is very unfortunate and a tragic day. Like I still suport Israel in Lebanon but this is very hard to hear. May God bless the innocent victims and heal the survivors.
18. israelies will stop killing civilians...
Alex ,   San Francisco   (07.30.06)
Alan, the israelies will stop killing civilians when you stop reading your French news.
19. The Hezbollah are to blame
Rafi ,   Ra'anana   (07.30.06)
Heavy launching of rockets into Israel has been taking place from the vicinity of that demolished building. The terrorists have been identified running to that building to take shelter after launching the rockets. The death of civilians is very regrettable but unfortunately, these are the consequences when terrorists are hiding behind civilians and therefore, the Hezbollah are to blame.
20. #5.. you too may pay for this, do you accept the price?
Omar ,   Dubai   (07.30.06)
21. hezbollah/israel
makaryous ,   england   (07.30.06)
1) If israel army are men they should enter and fight through the ground not by air 2) Hizbollah has killed more israeli soldiers and made less civilian casualties, israel has barely killed any solders and have murdered hundreds of civilians 3) Israel is suffering in the war they are losing, they spent nearly 2 weeks if not more trying to capture 1 village and they cant, they had to withdraw so that their planes can bomb some more so that they can TRY to capture ONE VILLAGE, what u gonna do about the rest of south lebanon if your suffering so much with 1 tiny village 4) Israel lies in the media, they stop the media from showing whats been happening they only show what they want you to see, in the last couple of days israel had denied their tanks being blown up, however after al jazeera or other arab news networks show their tanks blown up THEN they admit to it, i have both arab and english news, the english doesnt really show half of whats happening 5) No one stands up to israel, how can u kill 4 un soldiers after they warn u 6 times, especially when their base is very clearly labelled UN. How can u keep bombing trucks of medicine, why do u keep bombing red cross trucks, in the news they say aid has arrived in lebanon however how are they going to deliver the aid for the people if all the roads and bridges have been blown up and if israel keep blowing up all the cars and trucks 6) no one has taken action for israel using illegal weapons, you dont see the images in the english news channels, if u watch al jazeera u see the people with burns from phospherous bombs, why does no one stop them Israel cant handle a group of soldiers (hizbollah who dont have half the type of weapons that israel do), hizbollah has been more accurate in killing soldiers than israel has been. Hizbollah is not a liar, anything he has promised he has achieved, israel are the liars, tell me what is worse hizbollah capturing 2 israeli soldiers or israel having thousands of palenstinans and lebanese people. War is a dirty thing dont believe everything u hear on the news, going to war over 2 soldiers does not sound right, they have something else planned and only time will tell what that is.
22. if you lie down with dog you get flees
joe   (07.30.06)
six years nasrallah and his gang were let to build up the pile of rockets now it time to pay for it If you fire from a village you indanger the whole village 3km from the border !!!! You were told to get north now listen or face the concequences !!!!
23. Hizballah Out of Control
Jeremy S. Slavin ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.30.06)
If the Hizballah terrorists did not fire weapons from the roofs of these buildings, the IDF would have no reason to bomb them. And if Lebanese civilians weren't content to sit as human shields for Hizballah, those civilians might be alive today. It isn't that Israel is out of control. It is that Lebanon - and the Lebanese people - failed to control Hizballah, or force it to disarm, in line with UNSCR 1559. That's the reason this war started. Civilian deaths are horrible, but at least Israel doesn't aim for civilians like Hizballah does. To Israel, civilians who are killed by their bombs are collateral damage. For Hizballah - and Hamas - civilians are primary targets. Where is the horror, where is the charge of "out of control", my fellow AMerican, for Hizballah's purposely targeting civilians, or putting them in harm's way?
24. #3 Dont say stupid comments !!?
fadi ,   lebanon   (07.30.06)
Watch aljazeera channel and see the Hizbulla Dead Soldiers!!?? SHAME ON YOU
25. So please explain one simple little fact
Da dude   (07.30.06)
Who thought it was a good idea to shove hundereds of people into 1-2 small buildings?
26. To 6 who are you to talk for the entirety of Haifa?
Da dude   (07.30.06)
You do not represent everyone in Haifa. Just yourself, do not act as if you opinion is what the majority of the people in Haifa and in Israel want. The war should go on, just because hizb'allah stuffed hundereds of people into a building and shot katyushas from there to get us to do this, it should not stop. You are playing into Hizb'allah hands. They are going down, but the IDF needs more time. So shut your mouth
27. When are isralies gonna stop killing civilians?
(07.30.06)
the rocket firing "civilians" are nowhere safe
28. Take note all Israel Bashers -
Shalom ,   Israel   (07.30.06)
The army was quoted as saying: "We warned the residents that we would be attacking there," he said. "We work under the assumption that the villages are empty and that whoever is there is affiliated with the Hizbullah." Never has there been a moral army like ours!
29. RE: #5 TERRORISTS???
Shaima   (07.30.06)
TERRORISTS??? The only terror I see is the Israeli terror!!!!! Don't you have children?? Don't you have sisters? Don't you have parents??? How can this be justified??? How dare you say that the blood of killed innocents is on their own hands/heads???? The IAF and the IDF are despicable. Shame on you. Shame on the World that looks at this carnage and turns a blind eye. Shame on George Bush and Ehud Olmert and Tony Blair. As for the choices "stupid people" I hope you will pay soon.
30. to 4
z, ,   lebanon   (07.30.06)
you are narrow minded, manipulated by the media. thats all i can tell you. oh i forgot inhuman. thank you civilsed brit!!!
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