Hizbullah; probably did not allow to group to leave and my have been holding them on gun point in the building till it collapse after about 8 hours of strike (as reported earlier). Or Hizbullah were holding the civilians in the building till they received orders from their high command; then detonated the explosives to blem Israel?

Until Israel started taking care of herself, no one really took any notice, where were you when all of this was happening? Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: 6 murdered, over 100 wounded. Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: 8 murdered, nearly 200 wounded others. Suicide Bombing in Netanya Israel, March 4, 2001: 3 murdered65 wounded. Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: 1 murdered60 wounded Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: 140 casualties. HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: 15 murdered over 90 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: 3 killed. Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: 10 killed, 170 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: 15 killed, 40 wounded. Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: 6 murdered25 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: 1 killed, 100 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: 11 killed, 52 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: 3 murdered 86 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: 22 murdered 140 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: 6 murdered 90 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: 5 murdered38 wounded. Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: 9 murdered87 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Safed, Israel, August 4, 2002: 9 murdered50 wounded. Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: 6 killed, 52 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: 11 killed, 50 wounded Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: 22 killed, 100 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: 15 killed, over wounded. Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: 7 killed, 20 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: 3 killed, 52 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: 16 killed, over 70 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: 20 killed, over 10 wounded. 2 Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: 13 killed, over 50 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: 19 killed, 55 wounded. Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: 4 killed. This is 269 murdered! And this is not a complete list! Remember that women and children were victims of almost all of these attacks (and women even carried some of them out).

There is no justifiying the loss of life regardless of the numbers. Israel does not condone the killing of innocent people. are occuring in ur own country. The amount ppl killed is nearly half than what was stated..anyone watching AL JAZEERA wud have heard that news on day one..where an arab news reporter said that he had counted the bodies himself and that there were only 27 (sorry I apologise for the use of only) bodies brought out of the bldg..not 60. Israel is fighting terror not innocent civilians - maybe u people shud change ur mindsets its u who are guilty - of not being fair in ur assessments of who is at fault. There was a time delay between the bomb going off and the civilians being killed...what happened in between those hours is where the answers lie. I wud wait until an official investigation is completed and before then we shud all keep our assumptions to ourselves.

Israel's government provided bomb shelters for its citizens, in response to Nasrallah's warning. Also, all houses in Israel are built with either a sealed room or a bomb proof room, so that we can ensure reduced losses in the event that we are attacked, as we were, by forces harbored by your government, the Hizbollah. What did Lebanon's government do when Israel gave advanced warning of a reprisal? Nadda. They surely could have done more than "nadda", no AJ? Instead of ensuring the press could get to every corner of Lebanon, instead of using fuel resources to feed Nasrallah's war effort, perhaps you could have put your priorities straight and protected your civilians? There were people reportedly stuck where they were, aside from those who were forced to stay by Hizbollah, without money to pay for high taxi costs, a shortage of gasoline (because Hizbollah needed it), sick people who couldn't be removed without medical assistance - why didn't Lebanon give these people those things, instead of allowing them to remain in their homes? Why put them all in a single building in Qana, that is not built as a bomb shelter? You know the answer - because you hate us more than you love yourselves. All your decisions are drawn from that single, deep, dark well of hate.

Well, it turns out that the IDF's assumptions were wrong -- deadly wrong. But do you really want us to believe that they wouldn't have bombed the house if they knew that there were civilians inside? And how many other "assumption" of the IDF may be wrong? Anyway, the most important thing is: how does generalissimo Halutz sleep these night? I fear that if he sleeps well, the Lebanese are doomed. Best regards, Giorgio S. Frankel Torino, Italy

56 persons got killed, not 27....this is a very grave mistake! 56 Persons got killed, 27 of them were children....

When my grandfather was killed amid weeks of sustained bombings of the German coastal town of Kiel by allied bombing raids while my mother, a frightened five-year-old watched; when she and her siblings and my grandmother climbed over his body to get out of the blown-in bunker onto streets aflame and littered with civilian body parts, they understood that their pain was part of the price they had to pay for the liberation of Germany (and the World) from the lunacy of Nazism. Please please Israel, stop apologizing. Please liberate Palestine (and the World) from this supposed "Party of god". Never forget that this isn't about land anymore. It's about your right to exist as G'ds people.

IDF should no more apologise for Hizbullah's putting people in danger in the first place (hiding amongst them, shooting rockets from civilian neighbourhoods, then preventing civilians from evacuating) than Arthur "Bomber" Harris did for the destruction of Dresden (which was his vengeance on Nazi Germany for the Luftwaffe's air raids against Coventry/London/etc). Even less so, when this explosion (6-7 hours after the air raid) was very obviously staged by Hizbullah or its supporters! Plod on till Nazirallah is sent to the Lake of Fire!

Evidence Mounts that Kana "Massacre" Was a Fake By Hillel Fendel The world awoke this Sunday to the news that an Israeli airstrike had killed 57 Lebanese civilians, leading Israel to stop airstrikes for 2 days - but evidence shows the "massacre" was just a fraud. The central piece of evidence leading to this conclusion is the fact, mentioned by IDF officials from the very beginning, that the building collapsed a full seven hours after the Israel Air Force bombing. Why, then, would the residents inside not have been evacuated in the meantime? As Brig.-Gen. Amir Eshel of the Israeli Air Force told reporters Sunday night, “It is difficult for me to believe that they waited eight hours to evacuate it.” Without additional evidence, Eshel merely left open the possibility that Hizbullah terrorists, or explosives they left behind, caused the explosion.

To free Pollard, the zionists should senrd their G.D planes to throw bombs over the USA.

Not attacking because civilians might be harmed is just plain stupid, and would only encourage the use of human shields. What IS the IDF talking about?

What exactly is Israel supposed to do to make sure that Hezbollah are not holding citizens as hostages in their the basements of their strongholds? Have helicopters fly around the Qana round-the-clock for a week to see if any women and children enter these buildings? And what warnings have Hezbollah given to the women and children it kills with rockets? The comments that some people make are totally idiotic and speaks volumes about their mentality (or lack thereof).

Women and children were deliberately placed inside the building under duress by Hizbullah? Please cite your source for that information. Just a "gut feeling"? That certainly jibes well with a Hizbullah that is often the only source of medical and educational resources in some parts of the country. That was probably just to win their trust, so they could later herd them into buildings to be blown up.

"That was probably just to win their trust, so they coudl alter herd them into buildings to be blown up." Now you're finally talking sense. Go look up Matthias Kuentzel's article "Ahmadinejad's Demons" (www.matthiaskuentzel.de) if you want to see how the Iranians, Hezb's "spiritual leaders," treat children. I dare you. I know there's a lot to keep up with on Vancouver Island, what with rainbow gatherings and all. But maybe you could find out a bit more about the wider world.

Two things: 1. How come the photographers and the other members of the press had no problem getting to and from the area? Perhaps not all bridges are blown up and not all roads destroyed? 2. Your point re. evacuation of Israel who has now been warned is ridiculous. Let's talk right after Nasrallah expresses deep regret for and launches an investigation of Hizbollah's killing of innocent Israeli civilians.

This is one of the most biggoted statements I have ever come across. In addition its base is at best dubious. Unlike most posts here, yours managed to offend both the Arabs and the Jews. Good going. Try diversity and sensitivity training. Or just shut up.

Huh? Did you just insult the entire Jewish people? In that case, your post isn't complete without a "sieg heil!" at the end. Proof-read your posts next time, OK?

The truth hurts, thats why liars lie, and you responded as if you were in pain! Every monotheistic religion except Judaism teaches that God looks upon all humans equally. The most famous Jew ever said "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God." Matt: 5:9 I repeat the truth as I did originally. Deceipt and disrespect cause destructive conflict. Honesty and respect cause prosperous cooperation. It's pretty easy to be a peacemaker and thus son of God. Give up the deceipt and disrespect., and accept that all who are honest and respectful are favored equally by God. This advice goes for both sides in this conflict.