Understanding Qana: Residents Warned to Leave, Video Shows Rockets Fired
At least 54 Lebanese citizens were killed in the IAF strike on a building in the Lebanese village of Qana early Sunday, an area from which hundreds of missiles were launched towards the city of Nahariya and the communities in the western Galilee. Dozens of others were reportedly trapped in the rubble. Several houses collapsed and a three-story building where about 100 civilians were sheltering was destroyed, witnesses and rescue workers said.
Hamas vowed to carry out attacks on Israel that could include suicide bombings in response. Syrian President Bashar Assad said, "The massacre committed by Israel in Qana this
morning shows the barbarity of this aggressive entity. It constitutes
state terrorism committed in front of the eyes and ears of the world."
The question is, what were the people doing there? Residents in this region and specifically the
residents of Qana were warned several days in advance to leave the village. Now, what could be the most important part of this entire story from Qana... Many people are working to confirm this now, but this video shows Hezbollah terrorists firing rockets from behind a three-story building which looks remarkably similar to the building destroyed in Qana:
Linked from Old War Dogs >> Off-target Missile Strike Sparks Outrage.
Posted by: Bill Faith | Jul 30, 2006 at 11:36
I don't think the building shown in this video is the one struck last night.
1) It's four stories, not three.
2) It's a large building, not a "house" as reporters on the scene have described
3) The video was shot eight days ago
4) An examination of Qana and the surrounding area using Google Earth (enter the string "33 13' 14" N 35 14' 20" E" into the Google Earth search box) shows no structures (at the time the satellite image was taken) of a building that large.
5) The IDF did not bill this video as imagery of the building in question.
Posted by: Molon Labe | Jul 30, 2006 at 17:35
Gingrich was on Fox mid-day and said the civilians were being held against their will.
Posted by: directorblue | Jul 30, 2006 at 17:54
Gingrich was on Fox mid-day and said the civilians were being held against their will.
Posted by: directorblue | Jul 30, 2006 at 18:01
I don't think the point of the post was to show this was the house that was bombed in Qana. I think it was to make a point. The point that this is happening every day, and their is only one group to blame for the death of innocent civilians, and it isn't Israel.
Posted by: | Jul 30, 2006 at 23:50