Re: Hizbollah using Civillian as Human Shield
"Hezbollah came to Ain Ebel to shoot its rockets," said Fayad Hanna Amar, a young Christian man, referring to his village. "They are shooting from between our houses." Mr. Amar said Hezbollah fighters in groups of two and three had come into Ain Ebel, less than a mile from Bint Jbail, where most of the fighting has occurred. They were using it as a base to shoot rockets, he said, and the Israelis fired back.
– Sabrina Tavernise, "Christians Fleeing Lebanon Denounce Hezbollah," the New York Times, July 28, 2006
Why hospitals are targeted?
"Look what they did to this place," Dr. Fatah said, shaking his head. "Why in the world would the Israelis target a hospital?"
The probable answer was found a few hours later in a field nearby. Hidden in the tall grass were the burned remnants of a rocket-launcher.
Confronted with the evidence, Dr. Fatah admitted his hospital could have been used as a site from which to fire rockets into Israel.
– Sonia Verma, "Hezbollah's Deadly Hold on Heartland", National Post, August 5, 2006
Why UN post was targeted?
What that means is, in plain English, ‘We've got Hezbollah fighters running around in our positions, taking our positions here and then using us for shields and then engaging the (Israeli Defence Forces),'" said [Lewis] MacKenzie, who led Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia.
– Steven Edwards, "UN contradicts itself over Israeli attack", CanWest News Service, July 27, 2006
It was also reported that Hezbollah fired from the vicinity of five U.N. positions at Alma Ash Shab, AtTiri, Bayt Yahoun, Brashit, and Tibnin.
– United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Naqoura, July 28, 2006 (Press Release)
Why residential areas are targeted?
The Melbourne man who smuggled the shots out of Beirut told how he was less than 400 meters from the block when it was obliterated. "Hezbollah came in to launch their rockets, then within minutes the area was blasted by Israeli jets," he said. "Until the Hezbollah fighters arrived, it had not been touched by the Israelis. Then it was devastated. "After the attacks they didn't even allow the ambulances or the Lebanese Army to come in until they had cleaned the area, removing their rockets and hiding other evidence …"
– Chris Tinkler, "Revealed: How Hezbollah puts the innocent at risk; They don't care," Sunday Mail (Australia). July 30, 2006
These are Lebanese and other people on the ground speaking for themselves. You don't prove that terrorist are not hiding either, at least I have accounts of people witnessing on the ground. If War crime means killing 500+ terrorist, Israel should commit another 100 war crimes so all terrorist are killed!
