"The soldiers expressed great frustration that Hezbollah made use of civilian locations from which to strike, regroup and resupply."

"At least two Israeli fighter pilots have deliberately missed civilian targets in Lebanon as disquiet grows in the military about flawed intelligence, The Observer has learnt."

"A shockingly large number of Israel's supporters seem to have convinced themselves this is true, but there's just no way Hezbollah's sporadic pre-war rocket launches and cross-border raids can be construed as a /mortal/ danger to Israel."

"Although Israel targets apartments and offices because they are considered "Hezbollah" installations, the group has a clear policy of keeping its fighters away from civilians as much as possible. This is not for humanitarian... but for military ones."

""These are all civilians," said Bassam Muqad of the Red Cross. "There's no base here. This isn't a military area. There's nothing around here. People thought they were safe in the shelter.""

"The United States has no diplomatic relations with the armed groups now fighting a two-front battle with Israel, no relations with one of their backers, Iran, and only limited dialogue with the other principal backer, Syria."