7.27.2006

Last Two Days Have Been Deadliest Yet to Israel in Campaign Against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Story here, with another story on how Israel is surprised by how formidable a foe Hezbollah is turning out to be.

Yet I notice we're seeing less and less about death tolls among civilians in Lebanon and CNN seems to exclusively cover the danger to Northern Israel, complete with showing out the Hezbollah rockets feature hundreds of ball bearings each that create high velocity shrapnel that can kill bystanders even when the missile does not.

I understand them covering it, but the death tolls across the border in Lebanon have run more than 10 times higher than in Israel, even when you factor in the deaths of Israeli soldiers killed mostly in Lebanon during fighting. One excuse I've heard for this is that Israel isn't allowing access to fighting in Lebanon by journalists. Another page from the Bush-Rumsfeld war playbook, I suppose.