More Hezbullah war crimes

The Jerusalem Post has an account of how tough the fighting is in Bint Jbeil, and evidence of more war crimes by the terrorists.

IDF sources reported heavy gun battles between soldiers from the Golani Brigade and Hizbullah guerrillas, and said that some of the shooting was taking place at point-blank range, in homes, and in courtyards.

From its duration and reported casualties, the battle is the heaviest combat between Hizbullah and Israel since the war erupted.

Hizbullah said through its Al-Manar TV station Wednesday that its guerrillas had ambushed an Israeli unit on the Massoud hilltop in Bint Jbail, causing many casualties whom the Israelis were unable to rescue because of heavy fire.

A senior Hizbullah official, Mahmoud Komati, told The Associated Press Wednesday that Israeli forces had managed to seize a few points inside Bint Jbail, but had not yet taken the town center.

And here we have the evidence of war crimes, and Hezbullah’s denial of culpability:

The Israeli army said several Hizbullah fighters had taken cover in a local mosque.

But Komati denied fighters were taking cover in a mosque and suggested they may be civilians. “Fighters don’t take shelter in mosques. They fight on the battlefield. If they can’t, they retreat but not to mosques.”

Rahhal, the Hizbullah spokesman, angrily responded to a question about the mosque refuge. “What’s the Israeli’s business that our fighters were in the mosque? Maybe they were praying at the time!”

You gotta love that one. Praying with Kalashnikovs at their right hands, no doubt. Or in them.

And look: Hezbullah names its operatives after Disney movies!

On Tuesday night, the IDF confirmed that a high-ranking Hizbullah leader called Al-Jafar had been killed in an IAF air strike in Lebanon.

Can a squawking parrot be far behind?