An Israeli artillery unit fires a shell towards Lebanon from its position near the northern border July 31, 2006. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Posted on 07/31/2006 9:43:50 AM PDT by areafiftyone
QANA, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes carried out strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, hours after agreeing to temporarily halt air raids while investigating a bombing that killed at least 56 Lebanese civilians, mostly women and children seeking shelter. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said there will be no cease-fire, adding that "Israel is continuing to fight."
He's following Bush's lead from earlier today.
Go at it NOW!!! This must be why Bibi isn't talking to Rush yet.
BZ to both Olmert and Bush!
They forgot the part about Hizbollah attacking Israeli tanks first.
What's BZ?
Pour it on, Israel, and hit them hard!
Did the Israelis ever announce this (alleged) ceasefire, or was it just the U.S. St. Dept.?
Do what needs to be done now that Hezbollah has offered the opportunity. Cut no slack.
Bravo Zulu - naval terminology for "Job well done"
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had agreed to a 48-hour cease-fire beginning at 2 a.m. Monday while the military concluded its inquiry into the attack on the south Lebanese village of Qana, Israel's deadliest strike in nearly three weeks of fighting.
But Israel left open the option of striking targets to stop imminent attacks or if the military completed its inquiry. After Hezbollah guerrillas hit an Israeli tank near the village of Taibeh with an anti-tank missile, Israel said, the army carried out the airstrikes to protect ground troops.
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It stands for Bravo Zulu. It's Navy flag-speak for "Well Done".
Thanks!
It must have been one of those "operational pauses"
I can now say I learned sumthin today, thanks to Coop and you.
We continue to pray for the survival of Israel and an end to the terrorist regime or hezbollah and all the rest of the islamic jihadis.
Israel 'not yet ready for truce'
Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz says Israel cannot agree to an immediate ceasefire, despite a partial halt to air strikes on south Lebanon. Mr Peretz told parliament that if the offensive stopped, "the extremists will rear their heads anew".
He said Israel intended to "expand and strengthen" its operations in Lebanon.
Earlier Israel suspended air raids for 48 hours - apart from those to defend its civilians or troops - to allow an inquiry into civilian deaths at Qana. At least 54 people, many of them children, were killed in the southern Lebanese village on Sunday when the house in which they were sheltering was hit by Israeli war planes - the deadliest Israeli raid since hostilities began on 12 July.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Qana says the scene is one of utter desolation. He says Qana has become a ghost village like many others on the road up from the southern city of Tyre, with women and children now a rare sight.
Shortly after Israel announced it was suspending air strikes, its war planes struck several targets, including areas near the village of Taibe.
The Israeli military said the air strikes were ordered after Hezbollah militants hit an Israeli tank near Taibe, wounding three soldiers.
In one incident air strikes killed three Lebanese soldiers in a car near Tyre. Israel expressed regret over the deaths, saying it believed the vehicle was carrying a senior Hezbollah official
I think they probably were just taking a breather and assessing everything. I don't think it was any kind of cease fire. God Bless Israel and the IDF!
can you point me to that.
An Israeli artillery unit fires a shell towards Lebanon from its position near the northern border July 31, 2006. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
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