Yes, you are right! And it would be and could be possible, if only Hizbullah understood this, stayed on their side of the border and stopped attacking Israel. Israel pulled out of Lebanon in 2000 and fulfilled their part of the bargain - why has Hizbullah continued to attack Israel since then? Oh, I forgot - they are "freedom fighters", struggling for freedom from WHAT?

if we go with the israeli media from day one, we find that all hizbolla gunmen are dead. wow each time they claim that they killed 10 and after that 7 and sometimes 400. in conclusion more that thousand hizbolla are dead. thats good to hear i guess, but how can you believe what your government and military are saying, according to Olmert all the hizbolla infrastructure is destroyed and i bet that it is. no more rockets on northern israel, i guess this is the happy ending. common wake up, u lost, we lost no one wins the end

to all those commenting from far away thinking they have a simple idea about the problem in the middle east plz try to make some researches before saying any bla bla bla.all these attacks by israel on lebanon terretory are for the same reason :WATER..they want to put their hands on the large amount of water in this country.as if they can own anything they want.i hope a day will come when this zionist country sees something that it wants in the USA ,only then u will find that they will start bombarding it and launching back the US MADE MISSILES on the united states.so no more talks about terror or this chit.

the middle east is full of terrorist unless the roots are removed they will grow back. Syria and Iran have thrown Iraq and Israel into war, long past due the cause of these trumoils should be overthrown

Please do not waste any more human lifes of the finest boys. Enough already. These subcreatures are equiped with fagot & cornet anti tank missels from Russia. Carpet bomb the area before sending ground troops. May g-d bless our brave soldiers...Amen

I think we already know what the French would do if Germany lobbed missiles into it. Surrender and wait for the U.S. and Britain to come save them. (Apologies for the cheap shot. But hey, at least France isn't being hypocritical when it demands other countries simply fold in the face of attacks.)

Apparantly you think it is OK for terrorists to threaten Israel's northern border with rockets and kidnappings? You're an idiot!

You must be a fortune teller.....pops chimed in with his usual pro-hiz garbage. Matbe someday he'll admit what he really is, although I doubt it.

It is unacceptable to send in ground troops instead of bombing the building from the air, because we are afraid there might be civilians in the building: yes , there are civilians everywhere there is Hizbollah - this is what Lebanon has made of itself - they should bear the cost of it, it should not be paid with our soldiers' lives. I find this unacceptable, and I want this government to resign and make way for someone who knows what they're doing.

Isreal People, try to be a bit more objective & less brain washed. Your govenrment lies to you, your soldier are dying for nothing, except for the glory of your politicians. Tyre commando is a big fiasco, your Elite soldiers were expected, and were killed.

FYI-The Situation here is that Hizbollah are not a group of teenagers running in allies. There are thousands and thousands of them. Trust me, from what we see it will take forever and they will not surrender.

To all of you how think that IDF is loosing. Arabs have lost every war and battle since WWII. How come? Well it's not because Arabic soldiers or terrorists act bravely or in a rational way. Until Arabs behave in a more civilized way they will continue to loose wars and blame the West for everything. Israel is defending not just their country but the West from radical Islamism. The only thing that can save the Hezbollah is a cease fire. To the civilian population living in Lebanon take responsibility for your own action. By allowing Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon you are supporting a terror organization and you are criminals as well.

Israel and America confirmed and made Hezballah as Heros without they mean it ... BRAVO

you sound like the Avneiri traitor

Thanks for the explanation. If France was occuppying a part of Germany and holding german prisoners, we will find a better solution than Israel did if we were targetted by german rockets. Understand mr Kiddo ?

You could ask the same question about hizbullah are they telling the truth about how many of them were killed

Do you know where IDF operates? They dont tell where they are... so you cant possbily know how long time it is going to take to reach Litani

Unlike you, we don't have lives to spare. In traditional army vs army war it will probably be 1:20 until you run to the desert. However, if you intend to attack us with another Hezbollah-like low life army, we now understand that we must change the rules and destroy the capital of the aggressor country right on the start - ww2 style. Believe me that IDF spared Beirut. The lights are still on and most areas are hardly scratched. Unfortunately, we can’t afford it next time. We’ll have to carpet bomb until white flags are waved. You’ll never regain your pride by force, because that means our destruction and it is out of question. I know you are emotional people, but you should lighten up a little. Read the bible even if you are not religious, Count Jerusalem 700 times and come to your senses. We greatly respect compromise and goodwill. Salaam Ale chum

HE that keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Salam Ahmad, I agree with every thing you said except the numbers ! Jews in Palestine are 5 millions and Arabs are now more than 300 millions :-)

I'm sure you must have studied at your countries most esteemed military academy to know so much about military operations. Except the Lebanese military is a joke. If they were a viable force then this war never would have happened. If Lebanon's force of 72,000 could handle the 3000 Iranian ... err I mean Hizbullah "fighters", then none of this would be happening. My friend who lives here is from Haifa. He told me that jews and arabs there live in peace. If it weren't for Hizbullah and those who think like they do, Israel and Lebanon would have a good relationship. The French and US have been helping Lebanon's fledgling democracy after the Syrian puppetmaster left. Don't you realize who your enemy is? It's not Israel. It is Iran and Syria that are using your little country to conduct the war they want but are afraid to fight themselves.

The HE you mean is George Bush keeping the israeis armed with the latest . Do you honestly think that if both sides were equally armed the jews would stand a chance (if you did, I recommend you pack your bags and make an urgent visit to a mental institution)? Hezzies do not have a single tank; no anti-aircrafts; no armored cars; just belief in their cause...

so......if i have to start packing my bags to go back to where i "came from".....does that mean that iraq will be returning 40% of bagdad to the jews, since in the 1930's about 40% of bagdad was jewish, and does that mean that huge parts of alexandria and cairo will go back to the jews....and the arabs occupying our homes will be removed.....and does that mean that iran will take in about 133,000 iranian jews that fled and return their property....and does that mean 50,000 yemenite jews will get their homes in yemen back and the arabs ethnically cleansed from the homes they took from us there....and syria and lebanon and algeria and lybia and tunis and..... you are a moron.

they're winning, in most parts of Israel life goes on normally while in Lebanon its a different story. Accept the fact you lost and shut up!

I guess you are an Immigrant. Otherwise your parents would have thought you what happened in Europe during the first half of the 20th century. It took A LOT of blood for Europe to become “peaceful”. You delude yourself if you think it’s going to last forever.

ahmed, seriously crossing the Sinai entails a fairly different equation, as Egypt is well and truly aware.

They ARE in their country of origin!! They are not the occupiers, the Arabs are the occupiers. Israel would have kicked butt except for their pacifist Prime Minister who tied the hands of the Israeli military; thankfully he seems to have come to his senses. You can't make peace with an enemy who worships at the altar of death; sometimes you simply must wage war..(kill people, seize territory and break things). Israel will prevail in the end, when they finally stop trying to appease the Arabs by trading land for (a false) peace. When Israel as a nation collectively seeks God..then God will respond and Israel will again defeat all enemies. The Arabs are so filled with hate and envy, they can't stand fact that God chose the Jews as his own instead of the Arabs. Long Live Israel!!