Israeli missiles hit several buildings in a southern Lebanon village as people slept, killing at least 56, most of them children, in the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. The Lebanese Red Cross said the airstrike in Qana, in which at least 34 children were killed, pushed the overall Lebanese death toll to more than 500. Survivors said civilians were killed when the building they sought refuge in collapsed. A Red Cross official said 56 bodies had been found so far. In response to the attack, angry protesters broke into the main U.N. building in Beirut Sunday, burning U.N. and American flags. Around 500 protesters massed outside the building, which was empty on the weekend day. Some pushed through police barricade, smashed windows and broke inside the building. Outside, demonstrators chanted slogans against Israel and the United States and denounced Arab governments for not doing enough to stop Israel's 19-day bombardment of Lebanon. ... http://www.cbsnews.com censor News |
Editor - 09:18:00 07-30-06 |
34 children among 56 dead from Israeli airstrike |
| Israeli missiles hit several buildings in a southern Lebanon village as people slept Sunday, killing at least 56, most of them children, in the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Israeli Prime Minister Eh.. full News |
Editor - 09:15:00 07-30-06 |
Annan calls emergency meeting on Mideast |
| U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday after an Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese village killed at least 56 people, most of them children.The meeting was .. full News |
Editor - 09:11:00 07-30-06 |
Car Bomb Kills 2 Near U.S. Embassy in Kirkuk; Two Militants Killed |
| A U.S. plane launched an airstrike Sunday against a building used by Al Qaeda in Iraq, killing two militants, the U.S. military said. A car bomb exploded near the U.S. consulate in Kirkuk, killing two Iraqis an.. full News |
Editor - 09:10:00 07-30-06 |
Dozens killed in Lebanon air raid |
| More than 40 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a building near the southern Lebanese town of Qana, reports say. Initial accounts say families had been sheltering in the basement of the site, w.. full News |
Editor - 00:53:00 07-30-06 |
Lebanese casualties held in mass grave |
| A dozen exhausted hospital workers buried 32 bodies in a shallow mass grave yesterday, a temporary resting spot for casualties of weeks of Israeli bombardment. No mourners were at the grave site, a dusty indu.. full News |
Editor - 00:46:00 07-30-06 |
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