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An Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon hits a bus filled with women and children trying to flee the region, raising questions about whether Israel is doing enough to avoid civilian casualties.

By Kevin Sites, Sun Jul 23, 9:02 PM

TYRE, Lebanon -- Israeli air strikes are taking a tremendous toll on the civilian population in southern Lebanon, with an attack Sunday on a bus filled with women and children that left three dead and 13 injured, many of them severely.

At Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern city of Tyre, where most of the victims were taken after the incident, Rhonda Shaloub is wheeled into a recovery room next to her 15-year-old niece, Radije, following emergency surgery.

Their faces are both mummy-wrapped with gauze bandages. There are openings only for their noses and mouths. What can be seen of their faces is deeply disturbing. There is blood seeping at the edges of Rhonda's bandages, while Radije's lips are stitched with medical sutures, the skin on her chin speckled with red tissue damage caused by the blast.

Rhonda is still deeply sedated from surgery, but when she does regain consciousness she will be told that her husband and her mother are dead, both killed when the bus was hit.

A nurse at the hospital says the victims were traveling from their village of Tairi, fleeing north because of the air strikes, when their own bus was hit.

In another room down the hallway, another victim of the bus attack, Radia Shaitoo, raises her bandaged and broken arm near her face, which is covered with tiny blast lacerations. She rolls her head back and forth on the pillow and moans almost as if she is sick. She mumbles something like, "only people with no religion would do this," an insult against Israel.

The bus incident is the latest, and one of the most dramatic, illustrations of civilians being killed and wounded by Israeli air strikes, which Israel claims are focused on Hezbollah forces and weapons. Yet the strikes are having a punishing effect on the general Lebanese population and infrastructure.

"People are starting to realize this isn't a war against Hezbollah," says Timor Goksel, former head of the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for more than 25 years. "It's a war against the country, against the infrastructure."

Some analysts have theorized that with attacks against civilians and non-military installations, Israel is trying to turn the Lebanese population against Hezbollah by making them pay a price as Hezbollah's host nation. Goksel says the strategy will never work, since Hezbollah isn't just an organization, but part of the fabric of Shia society.

"I spent a lot of time in the south," he says. "I've seen women down there attack Israeli tanks with knives. You're not going to turn these people against Hezbollah by making their lives miserable."

At the entrance to Jabel Amel Hospital, an exhausted medical technician, Bassem Mteirek, lies on an empty gurney, taking a short break from the flood of patients.

"We've seen more than 400 people come through this hospital in the last ten days," he says, shaking his head.

At the base of the gurney is a suitcase covered with blood. It belonged to one of the passengers on the bus. A man comes out of the entrance, talking on the telephone. He has lost his wife in the attack. He says he's too heartbroken to speak. He picks up the suitcase and walks back inside.

In another hospital room inside, Aneza Hamza lies in bed with a head injury and a broken leg, a victim of an earlier air strike. When I approach her, she covers the bandages on her head with her scarf. She is an older woman, but despite her injuries smiles beatifically and seems almost cheerful.

Aneza Hamza

"What can we do," she says, with a slight shrug.

Imani Darwish doesn't have a scratch but lost her husband and four of her eight children in an air strike against an apartment building in Tyre. The only reason she is alive, she says, is because one of her daughters was in the hospital, pregnant, and she was visiting. She shows no sign of grief or emotion about the loss.

"We can't cry every day," she says. "What good will that do? It's all up to God what happens."

Amina Shaloub and her 12-year-old son, Hussein, were victims of an air strike against a civil defense building in Tyre. Her face has the now familiar marks of blast trauma. Her son took shrapnel in the stomach, which had to be removed by surgeons.

"I'm happy for my life and I'm happy for the life of my son," she says. "But it doesn't really matter if we live or die. Whatever [happens] is God's will."

Asked if they can ever live in peace with Israel, especially after the toll from the recent air strikes, she is surprisingly conciliatory.

"If they stop bombing the women and children, if they let us live in freedom," she says, "then we can live with them like family, like brothers and sisters."

This woman is amazing--- a model for all. (F)

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"If they stop bombing the women and children, if they let us live in freedom," she says, "then we can live with them like family, like brothers and sisters."

This woman is amazing--- a model for all. (F)

probably a frequent refrain from those who voluntarily act as human shields.........

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and we can all surmize that the Hezbollah are using precision guided missles that are programmed to only destroy military targets.

We have all read your posts...and are frankly getting boring....there are two sides to this issue yanno.

Take your hate somewhere else.

I finally got rid of the never ending money drain. I called the plumber, and got the problem fixed. I wish her the best.

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and we can all surmize that the Hezbollah are using precision guided missles that are programmed to only destroy military targets.

We have all read your posts...and are frankly getting boring....there are two sides to this issue yanno.

Take your hate somewhere else.

It's not hate, its quite the opposite. I think that YOU should take your hate to somewhere else. It seems that whenever someone trys to show you the other side of the story, you only post more insults but nothing to back any of your statements. :no:

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and we can all surmize that the Hezbollah are using precision guided missles that are programmed to only destroy military targets.

We have all read your posts...and are frankly getting boring....there are two sides to this issue yanno.

Take your hate somewhere else.

It's not hate, its quite the opposite. I think that YOU should take your hate to somewhere else. It seems that whenever someone trys to show you the other side of the story, you only post more insults but nothing to back any of your statements. :no:

then take your love somewhere else.

I finally got rid of the never ending money drain. I called the plumber, and got the problem fixed. I wish her the best.

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and we can all surmize that the Hezbollah are using precision guided missles that are programmed to only destroy military targets.

We have all read your posts...and are frankly getting boring....there are two sides to this issue yanno.

Take your hate somewhere else.

It's not hate, its quite the opposite. I think that YOU should take your hate to somewhere else. It seems that whenever someone trys to show you the other side of the story, you only post more insults but nothing to back any of your statements. :no:

then take your love somewhere else.

Um excuse me , this forum is KNOWN for its anit- arab, anti- muslim topics. Now that we come here to shed some light and educate you, you think we are hating? We have every right to post here, if you don't like the topic, don't read it. SIMPLE :yes:

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this forum is KNOWN for its anit- arab, anti- muslim topics. Now that we come here to shed some light and educate you, you think we are hating? We have every right to post here, if you don't like the topic, don't read it. SIMPLE :yes:

That's actually quite a sad indictment considering that this forum attracts people of all nations and faiths. Some cultural imperialism on display in these topics, and more than a little extremist sentiment.

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this forum is KNOWN for its anit- arab, anti- muslim topics. Now that we come here to shed some light and educate you, you think we are hating? We have every right to post here, if you don't like the topic, don't read it. SIMPLE :yes:

That's actually quite a sad indictment considering that this forum attracts people of all nations and faiths. Some cultural imperialism on display in these topics, and more than a little extremist sentiment.

Any thread that is started in OT regarding Islam, Arabs, or Terrorism is long and FULL of insults.

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this forum is KNOWN for its anit- arab, anti- muslim topics. Now that we come here to shed some light and educate you, you think we are hating? We have every right to post here, if you don't like the topic, don't read it. SIMPLE :yes:

That's actually quite a sad indictment considering that this forum attracts people of all nations and faiths. Some cultural imperialism on display in these topics, and more than a little extremist sentiment.

Any thread that is started in OT regarding Islam, Arabs, or Terrorism is long and FULL of insults.

True enough. :(

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and we can all surmize that the Hezbollah are using precision guided missles that are programmed to only destroy military targets.

We have all read your posts...and are frankly getting boring....there are two sides to this issue yanno.

Take your hate somewhere else.

It's not hate, its quite the opposite. I think that YOU should take your hate to somewhere else. It seems that whenever someone trys to show you the other side of the story, you only post more insults but nothing to back any of your statements. :no:

then take your love somewhere else.

Has somebody got a gun to your head, forcing you to read and respond to her posts?

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If people can post hate-filled topics here then I am also free to post topics reagrding the other side. IF I came on here posting anti-jewish topics in retaliation for many anti-muslim and anti-Arab topics that have been posted then you can say something to me, until that time, read it and comment or read it and don't comment or just don't read it at all and move on.... don't tell me what to post or not to post. I am not in violation of TOS here and I have to read in other topics that have nothing to do with Islam about "72 virgins" and any other ####### anyone can think of to bash my religion so you can read this (or not) and get over it. ;)

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If people can post hate-filled topics here then I am also free to post topics reagrding the other side. IF I came on here posting anti-jewish topics in retaliation for many anti-muslim and anti-Arab topics that have been posted then you can say something to me, until that time, read it and comment or read it and don't comment or just don't read it at all and move on.... don't tell me what to post or not to post. I am not in violation of TOS here and I have to read in other topics that have nothing to do with Islam about "72 virgins" and any other ####### anyone can think of to bash my religion so you can read this (or not) and get over it. ;)

Well Said :thumbs:

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If people can post hate-filled topics here then I am also free to post topics reagrding the other side. IF I came on here posting anti-jewish topics in retaliation for many anti-muslim and anti-Arab topics that have been posted then you can say something to me, until that time, read it and comment or read it and don't comment or just don't read it at all and move on.... don't tell me what to post or not to post. I am not in violation of TOS here and I have to read in other topics that have nothing to do with Islam about "72 virgins" and any other ####### anyone can think of to bash my religion so you can read this (or not) and get over it. ;)

Well Said :thumbs:

I want to say that I have learned a lot from reading the posts and I appreciate your patience with a lot of ignorance about the Islamic faith. Just know there are some of us here reading and learning with an open mind and heart to truth. :yes:

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There is one big difference.

I hold no love for the Israeli's, but if they are trying to kill Civillians then they are doing a very very bad job of it.

I do know that Hezbolah are using unguided rockets against cities that could hit pretty much anything, used as a terror weapon in this instance. Absolutely no attempt to target enemy military.

Last casualty I saw was an Arab girl living in Israel.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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There is one big difference.

I hold no love for the Israeli's, but if they are trying to kill Civillians then they are doing a very very bad job of it.

I do know that Hezbolah are using unguided rockets against cities that could hit pretty much anything, used as a terror weapon in this instance. Absolutely no attempt to target enemy military.

Last casualty I saw was an Arab girl living in Israel.

What is going on in Lebanon since long time is orchestrated by Iran’s inferiority complex and their henchman Hezbollah. The last think they care about are the Lebanese people

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