Updates: Hizbullah kills women and children

A mother and her four-year-old child died of wounds sustained in a direct katyusha strike on her home.

Hizbullah continues to strike north: A mother and her four-year-old son who were injured by a Katyusha rocket that hit a house in the Miron community near Safed early Friday evening died of their injuries.

Magen David Adom paramedics said three children and an elderly woman were wounded in the attack.

At least 300 Katyusha rockets and 500 motar shells have been fired by Hizbullah into Israel since violence started three days ago.

The cities of Carmiel and Nahariya suffered direct Katyusha hits earlier Friday. Paramedics reported that two people were lighlty injured in Nahariya.

Throughout the day, Katyusha barrages landed in Safed, Nahariya, Hatzor, Kiryat Shmona, Karmiel, Matat, Sasa, Pki’in and Beit Jan. One of the rockets directly hit a house in Safed, injuring 12 people. One person sustained a very severe head injury.

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon have also landed on Shomra, Metula, Zarit, and Even Menachem. Magen David Adom paramedics said over 50 civilians have been treated so far, including two in Yesod Hamaale where two katyusha rockets exploded.

In light of these facts, STFU, Jack. How would you feel if rockets landed on your houses?

President Jacques Chirac said Friday that Israel’s military offensive against Lebanon is “totally disproportionate” and asked whether destroying Lebanon was not the ultimate goal.

However, he also said that rockets fired on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are “inadmissible, unacceptable and irresponsible.”

Hezbullah HQ is a mass of rubble. Unfortunately, Nasrallah wasn’t in it at the time.

Olmert stands tough:

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel would not halt its offensive until Hezbollah was disarmed in a telephone call with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Olmert agreed to let a U.N. team try to mediate a cease-fire, an official close to Olmert said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

Bush talks tough:

Jul 14, 2006 — ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Bush wants Israel to minimize the risk of casualties in its campaign in southern Lebanon, but will not press it to halt its military operation, the White House said on Friday.

Gorilla Boy talks trash:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Israel against extending its assault into Syria and said the Jewish state couldn’t harm Iran, which also backs Hezbollah.

Iran is calling for outside intervention:

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Friday said the United Nations and international community should intervene immediately to stop Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon.

“The situation in Palestine and Lebanon is worrying and dangerous,” Mottaki said after talks in Athens with Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and senior Greek diplomats.

“The international community and the United Nations must intervene to stop this crime,” he said.

But—but—why can’t Iran simply “wipe Israel off the map,” the way they’ve been threatening to for ages? C’mon, Mahmoud, now’s your chance to lead the Islamic world in its glorious jihad against the “Zionist regime.” Or is it possible your talk is all—bluster?

And finally, Hamas terrorists blew up the Rafah (Egypt-Gaza) border crossing:

GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian gunmen blew a six- meter (20-foot) hole in the Gaza-Egypt border wall on Friday, allowing nearly 1,000 Gazans stranded by the closed border to cross home, officials and witnesses said.

[…] Because of Rafah’s closure, Israel said it had offered to let the Palestinians pass through the nearby Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza.

But Palestinian officials rejected the Israeli proposal, insisting Rafah be reopened.

Good to know that Egypt and the UN are keeping the agreements signed last year when Israel withdrew from Gaza.

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