Israel suspends bombing raids after raid kills 54 "civilans" in Qana

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Israel launched a bombing raid on the village of Qana, an Hezbollah stronghold. One of the buildings targeted (based upon intelligence that the guerillas lived in the block and the rockets were being stored in the building), also housed people who are termed as civilians. When the first bomb hit the building at 1.00 a.m., some people went outside to survey the damage. According to "witnesses", there was another raid, and the building then collapsed.

However, thr Israel Defence Force is puzzled as to why it took 7 hours for reports to surface that the building had collapsed. Did the collapse occur later than the time claimed by the "witnesses"? I wonder if we will ever know the answer to this question. Who do we believe? In the meantime, Reuters has reported that the IDF has announced a suspension of the bombing raids into Southern Lebanon. The death of at least 54 "civilians" is regrettable, and the Israelis are wrong if they are targeting civilians without adequate proof that weapons are being held in the particular village. However, the Israelis do have the video evidence that the Katushya rockets were being fired into Israel from the village of Qana. It would seem that Hezbollah are also wrong because they have been firing rockets into the civilian population in Israel with the express intention of killing civilians. If the world leaders see fit to condemn Israel for these "civilian" deaths, why have they remained silent over the deaths that have occurred in Haifa? Are the civilian deaths in Haifa not worthy of the same world wide condemnation as that of the deaths in Qana? There are other commentators in the blogosphere who are prepared to state that the women and children in the village of Qana cannot be considered as civilians, since they are members of the families of Hezbollah. If they are members of the families of Hezbollah thugs, then they have given tacit approval to the terrorist tactics that are being employed. The children have already lost their innocence, since they are already being trained to be terrorist thugs. The IDF did a propaganda drop urging the villagers who were not involved with Hezbollah to get out of town before the bombing raids began. These people failed to leave the village, and of course they dispute ever receiving such a notice. The point remains open to debate and I guess the best liar will win the score on that round. If Israel is true to her word, and she suspends the bombing raids, then I wonder if Hezbollah will do the same and suspend their rocket attacks on Israel. War is a very serious matter, and it has always been the intention of Iran to destabilise the Middle East by causing a serious situation between Israel and her neighbours. It is Iran and Syria who are supplying the weapons for use by Hezbollah. These two countries should be called to account for their actions in attempting to start a major war.