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| "Ceasefire" incidents continue | |
| 2006-08-14 | |
| In second post-ceasefire incident, Israeli troops kill one of a group of armed Hizballah fighters at Banduriya in the central sector of South Lebanon at 1400 hours. Two hours earlier, they shot dead a Hizballah fighter who approached “in a threatening way” in Hadata village in west. Northern Israelis started coming out of bomb shelters after 33 days, South Lebanese cars clog roads heading south from Beirut Monday morning. Unexploded ordinance is a danger on both sides of the border. At exactly 0800 local time, Israel ordered its ground, air, artillery and naval forces to hold their fire while standing ready for self-defense. Their orders are to hold their fire unless a “hazard is identified.” This is not precisely defined. Hizballah has not announced its acceptance of the ceasefire. Officers of the IDF northern command fear the flow of returning displaced Lebanese who are circling round bombed roads and bridges to reach their homes in the south will be used as cover for Hizballah to exploit the ceasefire and reinforce its depleted South Lebanese forces.
DEBKAfile reports: LebanonÂ’s Shiite parliament speaker Nabih Berri has asked for 48 hours to try and persuade Hassan Nasrallah to accept a new proposal for Hizballah forces to remain in the south with their arms, attached as an auxiliary force to the Lebanese army units deployed south of the Litani River. Sunday, Nasrallah backtracked on its conditional commitment to the UN resolution's ceasefire. Meanwhile the Israeli troops inside Lebanon will hold to their positions until the 15,000 UN troops to boost UNIFIL and the Lebanese army take over. Minutes before the ceasefire, two bomb trucks were identified and destroyed on their way to Israeli town of Metula on the Lebanese side of the border. S. Beirut was bombed all night up to the last minute as was Baalbek. A record 250 rockets fired Sunday killed one elderly man and injured 19 in several Galilee towns. Five Israeli soldiers died in combat Sunday. In the five weeks of this round of war, Israel suffered 166 dead - 114 servicemen and 52 civilians. Thousands were injured. More than 4,000 Hizballah rockets were launched against northern Israel. Israel reports up to 500 Hizballah fighters and commanders killed in the five-week war. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #13 Hizballah has not announced its acceptance of the ceasefire. Then why in blue blazes has there been any sort of ceasefire? If the principal antagonist in this conflict refuses to sign on then there should be no respite. This is ridiculous. For many decades now, Israel has been held to a higher standard of morality than her foes. It's time to impose honest double-entry bookkeeping upon the terrorists. If they do not want to act honorably, then they need to be disregarded entirely in terms of having access to the usual mechanisms of negotiation or truce. Islam's facade as the religion of peace [spit!] is finally becoming dislodged and it is up to all self-respecting nations to rip the mask from these perfidous and conniving b@stards for once and all. Iran and Syria muct be caused to face serious consequences for their collusion in this current conflict or else there can be no talk whatsoever of actually fighting any Global War on Terrorism. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-14 21:01 |
| #12 DEBKAfile: Hizballah is filtering reinforcements into South Lebanon among returning refugees. They are taking up positions in the still undamaged bunkers and fortified civilian dwellings August 15, 2006, 12:01 AM (GMT+02:00) Therefore, although the rockets and guns were silent up to Monday night and thousands of displaced people in Israel and Lebanon headed for their ravaged homes, DEBKAfile’s military sources report trepidation about the durability of the ceasefire. The tense calm was marred only by three incidents in which Israeli troops shot Hizballah fighters making threatening approaches after Israel ordered its ground, air, artillery and naval forces to hold their fire at 0800 Monday Aug. 14 – unless threatened. Northern Israelis came out of their bomb shelters after 33 days, South Lebanese cars clogged roads heading south from Beirut Monday morning. Both met scenes of destruction. After night fell, Hizballah staged victory celebrations in Beirut, while its leader, Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed a “historic and strategic victory” over Israel. The IDF’s northern command watching the thousands of displaced Lebanese flocking to their homes feared they would be used as cover for Hizballah to exploit the ceasefire for reinforcing its depleted South Lebanese forces. By afternoon, their fears were realized: cars loaded with Hizballah fighters, boxes of guns and military equipment were clearly visible heading south. Israeli troops were not authorized to stop them. DEBKAfile quotes a senior military source as saying that Hizballah is making a mockery of the ceasefire which Israel honored. “The situation is dangerous,” he said, Most of Hizballah’s fortifications, including its bunker network in the south, were not destroyed as reported. Fresh Hizballah strength is now heading back to man those war stations anew. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Shiite parliament speaker Nabih Berrir asked for 48 hours to persuade Hassan Nasrallah to accept a new proposal for Hizballah forces to remain in the south with their arms as an auxiliary force attached to the Lebanese army units to be deployed south of the Litani River. Israeli troops inside Lebanon will hold their positions until a strengthened international force and the Lebanese army are able to take over. |
| Posted by: Legolas 2006-08-14 17:15 |
| #11 Sounds plausible that the IDF could have taken out many of the long range launchers. The IDF owns the skies and the Israeli's have outstanding sensor technology. They probably have pretty good intel on the ground too. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2006-08-14 15:46 |
| #10 Borgboy, who the f**k is Ernst Junger ? Excuse my ignorance. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-08-14 15:38 |
| #9 Debka is like Ernst Junger writing a warblog. :)) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-08-14 14:55 |
| #8 I've always thought the debka folks were somewhere at the right of Genghis Khan, which is one of the reasons I enjoy reading them. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-08-14 14:15 |
| #7 If you believe debka of course Considering that Debka hate Olmert... |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-08-14 13:34 |
| #6 Tehran: Hezbos Took a Beating If you believe debka of course ... |
| Posted by: Legolas 2006-08-14 12:20 |
| #5 Ceasefire: "The small interval of time between successfully sending a hezzie to meet his virgins and targeting another." |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 12:06 |
| #4 The monkey seems to be having some trouble getting it's hand back out of the bottle, eh? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-14 10:13 |
| #3 114 servicemen dead is equivalent to 6450 US dead. 5.3 mil Jewish Israeli vs 300 mil US population. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-14 09:27 |
| #2 Berri was really saying to deploy the Lebanese army as an auxiliary (and supply depot) of Hizb'allah. Quit pretending and remove all the muslims south of the Litani. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-14 09:22 |
| #1 Israeli troops kill one of a group of armed Hizballah fighters at Banduriya in the central sector of South Lebanon at 1400 hours. Two hours earlier, they shot dead a Hizballah fighter who approached “in a threatening way” in Hadata village in west. Now that's my kind of cease-fire. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 09:09 |