It will be easy to do an independent inquiry into this and find under the rubble of the house the cause of this tragedy, won't it? Be it IDF bombs or Hezbolla Amuniton depots? There are for sure remains of the explosives used.

Did the building fall, or was it pushed long after the air attack? The death of the civilians is regrettable, but warnings are given prior to attacks. It is unfortunate that it gives the United (Arab) Nations and its mullah, Kofi Annan, another opportunity to pontificate and blame Israel for everything.

Very few people will believe that 8 hours after an Israeli missile struck a building over 100 people would still be inside to be trapped by its collapse.

the truth is, no one WANTS to believe Israel. someone said earlier that all of the innocents left days ago when the leaflets started first dropping from the sky warning all noncombatants to leave for their own safety. it's not as if Israel hasn't followed the rules and warned way beforehand. you have to remember, these people don't mind dying, ok? every sacrifice of human life in their eyes is worth it if the cause is against Israel. quite frankly, since dropping those leaflets i am impatient as to why Israel hasn't already just carpet bombed the whole damned place. others have done it in other wars but for some reason? Israel needs to, in the midst of a war, practice restraint! restraint my ass...go back in idf and finish the job for G-d's sake!

Now I saw the whole story on TV. The IDF bombed the area at 1 p.m. according to INDEPENdET reporters. The building collapsed at 8 a.m. in the morning. Israel has nothing to do with this event. NOTHING.

"AS USUALL , FILTHY HIDE AMONG CHILDREN ,WOMEN ETC" http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=16398

how can you fight a war when you spend such energy examining every civilian casualty? If the Allies had conducted WW II like that,. the war would never have ended. do you think the Hizballah guys examine any Israeli civiliian death? there is a limit to "sensisivity"--when it crosses over into stupidity.[

Bet you all look like tomatoes. Facts are facts. If all buildings collapse as soon as they are bombed - how did this one stand for so long. Where's the lie? Everything is recorded. (I can't imagine how Kofi Anan might look. Does the red show through?) Whether you like it or not: Am Yisrael Chai!!!!!!!!! The Jewish Nation will live forever.

If this human shield story is true, responsible persons will be prosecuted. But nobody in a Europe complaining about Hizbullah terrorists army, that operate from the civilian buildings, transported weapons in civilian cars, and target with their rockets civilian population. For you and your friends in the Arab world they will be always right, because they are fighting Jews.

Hizballah needed time to gather the women and children into the building before they cause an explosion to kill them and try to blame the IAF for it. Any sane people would have moved out of a bombed building immediately. By 6am they would not have been in the building.

Israel need not appologize for defending itself!!! What everyone is missing is the diferrence between intent and end results. There was no intent on the part of Israel to kill civilians. The fact is that if Israel ever intended to kill civilans, the population of Lebanon would have been cut in half in a matter of hours!! On the other hand, however, Hezbollah's only intent is to kill civilians. Shooting over 1500 rockets into Israel had one and only one goal in mind: kill as many Israelis as possible. Can you imagine if , god forbid, each rocket fired killed one Israeli?? There were over 1500 rockets fired, you do the math!!! So please spare your tears. I will not cry for those killed in Qana. They were killed by Hezbollah, not by Israel!!!

The hizballah who reinvented the neo-martyrism in the early 80 hit again. We all remember the kamikaze style hit on the US marines headquarters in 1983. They have a very low esteem for human life including their own. Today they have planted a bomb in their own civilian house in qana village, in order to put the blame on Israel. The Qana village was not elected randomly; it has a symbolic value for them since 1997. We must remember that the hizballah is the only one to get advantage from this rueful incidence. In this time, I still have no proof for this theory, but it is an option.

Dont let yourself get sucked into Hezbollahs tricks. They kill lebanese civilians so they can blame it on Israel. Just ignore them and do your job IDF.

And you really think that if there are Hezbollah munitions under the building that the world will actually see it? Hezbollah is crawling in that area and will make quite sure that noone will find THEIR carnage! The world needs to ask itself and CONDEMN the terrorists who have the NERVE to hide launchers 20-30 meters away from a house they KNOW houses woman and children. Oh and by the way, where are all the men? Has someone ever asked that? All we see is women and children, but hmmmmm...why are all the men surviving? Hezbollah instrumented this!

Lebanon's PM thanks Hizbollah for its "sacrifices" . They are encouraging war and yet demand a cease fire. Unless Hziballah is completely destroyed, Israel must strike Lebanon and not worry about civilian deaths. The rockets are in civilian towns and Hizballah put them there to get world sympathy. I have no sympathy for Lebanon!!

I don't know any war when civilians are not killed It is unfortunate but this war just like others. It is obvious that mistakes will be made and that civilians will pay the price for it.

Perhaps you should say it was subsidence.

You can say whatever you want to justify the criminal ,barbararic action against innocent people who took shelter in this house.,but the whole civilized world can't be fooled by you.Olmert needs another 14 days to finish the job what ! does he need more numbers of killed civilians added to his resume???

The Lebanese people, as well as Hizbollah, need to face one fact: Israel is not going to stop attacking the murderers who hide behind women and children, and rain missles on Israel. If the Lebanese care about their families, they will get them out of the way. If I saw a bunch of cowards setting up rockets in my back alley, or across the street, or even blocks away, I would grab my wife and kids and get them the hell out of harms way. If I failed to do so, I would have no one to blame but myself, if they were injured or killed. The world needs to stop whining about an immediate cease fire, and about a UN peace-keeping force. The UN is a joke and a disgrace, and should be booted out of New York. Let them go set up in Lebanon. I hope Israel keeps it up, unitl every single Hizbollah fighter, and all their sympathizers, have been issued their ration of virgins. This has been brewing for over 40 years, and it is time for Israel to settle it once and for all. If the Palestinians and Lebanese want to fight, let them bring it on. And if Syria and Iran want some, let them jump in as well. The Israelis can handle them all, and if they need help from the US, all they have to do is ask! The Europeans and the UN/appeasement crowd can just get over it.

the world is silent. The Arab world and the UN and EU could care less about Jewish blood spilled by terrorists But when the Jews defend themselves and human shields deliberately used by terrorists are killed it is a disaster. NEVER AGAIN May He avenge the blood of His servants Am Yisrael Chai

Nice photo, Joe. Unfortunately, all it shows is an arrested child sitting on a jeep. Where are the photos showing him used as a human shield? Even the liberal news media didn't buy this story. It was swept into the trash just like a lot of other palestinian propaganda and now just resides on a few propaganda sites (like cmag.net). That famous U.S. "rabbi" was put in prison in Israel for his many acts of obstruction of the police, acts which caused injuries and could have caused deaths. Peaceniks are third only to terrorists and crazy governments in causing the problems in the East.

the blow up themselfes every week in berlins restaurants.... You so right? Where have u been earlier? Du Vollidiot, ich schäme mich für Dich, weil Du unser Deutschland in die Scheiße ziehst.....

This question goes out to all you Muslims from Lebanon and other countries posting on Ynet and other Israeli sites. Are you willing to admit that your people are too inept to make a site of your own?

That guise of "neutrality" got you fooled again, huh?

Thank you for defending Israel. Keep striking as hard as you can. Continue Carpet bombing !

The IDF must stop being so soft.

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