"Qana mssacre 2" brings back flashbacks of Israel's bloody history
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By
Omar Halabi-BEIRUT
Israel's blood-stained history against humanity got even bloodier Sunday morning after the world woke up to a second Qana massacre in which at least 40 Lebanese civilians were killed, the majority of whom were children.
The annihilation of the entire village of Qana in South Lebanon on the 19th day of Israel's aggression on the country brought back memories of the first Qana massacre of 1996 in which Israel slaughtered 101 unarmed civilians who had taken refuge in a UN peacekeeping forces base in the village.
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Omar Halabi-BEIRUTIsrael's blood-stained history against humanity got even bloodier Sunday morning after the world woke up to a second Qana massacre in which at least 40 Lebanese civilians were killed, the majority of whom were children.
The annihilation of the entire village of Qana in South Lebanon on the 19th day of Israel's aggression on the country brought back memories of the first Qana massacre of 1996 in which Israel slaughtered 101 unarmed civilians who had taken refuge in a UN peacekeeping forces base in the village.
Relief workers have so far recovered 30 bodies from under the rubble of
the building that was leveled to the ground by Israeli air strikes at dawn
today. Workers are still trying to pull out the bodies trapped beneath the
concrete and a final death toll is unavailable yet, Lebanese police
sources said..
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh denounced the bloody massacre saying it is part of Israel's barbaric aggression against Lebanon.
In a press statement, he condemned the "cowardly crime committed by the Israeli enemy against innocent children and elderly women." He called on the UN Security Council and "all those who believe in humanity to take a look at this barbaric act" and asserted that Lebanon will not be silenced on such issues.
Lebanon will submit an official complaint to the Security Council, which, for its part must study such criminal acts, he said.
The main goal now is to reach a ceasefire and then discuss pending issues between the two sides, he said.
These issues include "liberating Shabaa Farms and Kfar Shuba Hills from Israel, handing over landmine maps kept by Israel after its withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in 2000, and an Israeli pledge to stop its violations against Lebanon." He asserted Lebanon's will to start negotiations and to discuss all pertaining issues after reaching ceasefire.
Lebanon "is still a strong united country and if Israel believes that with such crimes" it could divide the Lebanese people "then it is deluded," he said.
For his part, the head of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc Walid Junblatt said the massacre committed by Israel earlier today in Qana in which dozens of children and women were killed and also another massacre in 1996 in the same town "is ample proof of (Israel's) historical spite against the Arab citizen".
Israelis "do not accept defeat and they do not recognize their final withdrawal from Lebanon" he said. "The Israeli army reached an incapacitated state militarily where it has not made any achievements on that level since it started its aggression on the 12th of this month," he added.
Israel's "deep rooted hate against the Arabs is rising and is being acted upon as massacres ... this only increases the Lebanese and Arabs' faith in their cause and their determination to resist," he said.
Local media sources said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who was expected to visit Beirut today has canceled her trip.
The Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al-Siniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stated earlier today that they will not hold negotiations before an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the opening of an investigation into the Israeli massacre in Qana.
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh denounced the bloody massacre saying it is part of Israel's barbaric aggression against Lebanon.
In a press statement, he condemned the "cowardly crime committed by the Israeli enemy against innocent children and elderly women." He called on the UN Security Council and "all those who believe in humanity to take a look at this barbaric act" and asserted that Lebanon will not be silenced on such issues.
Lebanon will submit an official complaint to the Security Council, which, for its part must study such criminal acts, he said.
The main goal now is to reach a ceasefire and then discuss pending issues between the two sides, he said.
These issues include "liberating Shabaa Farms and Kfar Shuba Hills from Israel, handing over landmine maps kept by Israel after its withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in 2000, and an Israeli pledge to stop its violations against Lebanon." He asserted Lebanon's will to start negotiations and to discuss all pertaining issues after reaching ceasefire.
Lebanon "is still a strong united country and if Israel believes that with such crimes" it could divide the Lebanese people "then it is deluded," he said.
For his part, the head of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc Walid Junblatt said the massacre committed by Israel earlier today in Qana in which dozens of children and women were killed and also another massacre in 1996 in the same town "is ample proof of (Israel's) historical spite against the Arab citizen".
Israelis "do not accept defeat and they do not recognize their final withdrawal from Lebanon" he said. "The Israeli army reached an incapacitated state militarily where it has not made any achievements on that level since it started its aggression on the 12th of this month," he added.
Israel's "deep rooted hate against the Arabs is rising and is being acted upon as massacres ... this only increases the Lebanese and Arabs' faith in their cause and their determination to resist," he said.
Local media sources said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who was expected to visit Beirut today has canceled her trip.
The Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al-Siniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stated earlier today that they will not hold negotiations before an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the opening of an investigation into the Israeli massacre in Qana.
Source:KUNA. Date: 30/07/2006 Time 15:01