Caught on tape
Apparently, the building in Qana did not collapse immediately following an IDF airstrike:
"The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the morning. The gap between the timing of the collapse of the building and the time of the strike on it is unclear," Brigadier General Amir Eshel, Head of the Air Force Headquarters told journalists at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, following the incidents at Qana.
Eshel and the head of the IDF's Operational Branch, Major General Gadi Eisnkot said the structure was not being attacked when it collapsed, at around 8:00 in the morning.
The IDF believes that Hizbullah explosives in the building were behind the explosion that caused the collapse.
I will admit, this one left me stunned. Elder of Ziyon has a little more.
Sadly, this has accomplished a little of the Anti-Zionist Alliance's goal: IAF operations over Southern Lebanon are suspended for 48 hours:
Israel has agreed to suspend its aerial bombardment of southern Lebanon for 48 hours, effective immediately, to allow for an investigation into Sunday's bombing that killed 56 civilians, a U.S. State Department official said early Monday.
If I believed there would be a useful investigation, I'd almost support this, but who is going to investigate? The UN, already known to cover up any evidence that isn't "balanced."? The Lebanese government, whose army has taken sides, and has fired upon Israelis?
And some excuses for irrationality: The Palestinians are too distracted to release Gilad Shalit, Iran now must "reevaluate" it's response to the incentives plan around its nuclear capability.
Wow, this is starting to sound like a plot from a science fiction novel.
(bonus hat tip: Dave at IsraellyCool.)
