[marko525]

Sorry for bringing up old news but I was out of the country when the Hezbollah kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers took place. In reading up on it I ran across this article that states that "Hezbollah carried out the assault (the kidnapping) while conducting massive rocket and mortar shell attacks on IDF positions and Israeli villages" (the last sentence of the posted excerpt). Is it true that the Hezbollah kidnapping attack was accompanied by “massive rocket and mortar shell attacks”? It seems odd that I can't find any other news story that mentions it...

[vimto]

I would not be able to verify this but I heard the same version of this news - I think it was Melanie Phillips talking on the Simon Mayo show (UK).

[The Brush]

"It will not be long before this intense fury will lead to a huge explosion."

The sooner Israel sets off that huge explosion, the sooner they will see begin to see Hexbullah back off.
What's wrong with carpet bombing the area?

[BlackVeil]

Good to post, because it is not really old news. This incident remains very unexplained.

The version in the article above was the initial story, but since has been revised by several sources. More recently, it is stated that the Hezbollah attacked by stealth and cut through the fence (cut through an electrified fence?)

Another version of events says that there was a rocket barrage BEFORE this. Not at the same time. The barrage was followed by an Israeli raid, in which the soldiers were captured.