Hizb'allah's deadliest kill yet
Sunday, Hizb'allah slaughtered 37 children in the village of Qana, in addition to a score of adults. Hizb'allah leader Nasrallah was not available for comment, as he was coordinating his next strikes with Syrian and Iranian government officials in Damascus, but a notional Hizb'allah operative gloated off camera, "We knew we could get the Israelis with this one! 50 of our own people! They are shahid to the cause! And many of them were handicapped, so we have killed two birds with one stone!"
For the past three days, Hizb'allah operatives in and around Qana have been playing a cat-and-mouse game, as operatives launch missiles at innocent civilians in towns and cities in sovereign Israel. With each launch, the IAF would target the launchers to protect their own civilians. Meanwhile, other operatives were collecting shahids. These innocent civilians were collected into one large building, "for their safety", and not provided information about Israeli warnings for innocent civilians to leave the village and head north for safety. Rumors that the civilians were held by force could not be substantiated at press time, as none of the shahid were available for comment.
Hizb'allah's public relations department is said to be pleased with their success, as the international media blames Israel for this latest of death of human shields. As hoped, The Jerusalem Post is comparing this to the shelling of Lebanese civilians at a UN outpost ten years ago in Qana. Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is apparently more resolute than Shimon Peres was a decade ago,
"I express deep regret, along with all of Israel and the IDF, for the civilian deaths in Qana. Nothing could be further from our intentions and our interests than harming civilians - everyone understands that. When we do harm civilians, the whole world recognizes that it is an exceptional case that does not characterize us. In contrast, Hizbullah has launched rockets with the aim of murdering innocent civilians in northern Israel."
In protest, the UN compound in Beirut came under attack from Lebanese rioters. It is not clear if the rioters were aware of the impotence of the UN.
Hamas also seized this opportunity, claiming that Qana would be the excuse for its attacks against Israel. An anonymous terrorist was overheard, "Whew! Now we have a good excuse for the next year or two of murders, bombings, and Qassam launches at women and children in Sderot! Because who knows when Israel will hand us another opportunity like this?"
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Disclaimer: All quotes by terrorists are made up, and probably fictional. Death of innocents is truly heartbreaking, and while I denounce Hizb'allah for causing these deaths, my sympathy lies with the families of the deceased, and the IAF pilots involved.
Update [31 July 2006: 00:31 UTC-5]: The IDF asserts the building was destroyed by Hizb'allah. Wow. Apparently, I didn't go far enough on this one.
