Israeli Strikes Destory Tyre, Lebanon's Power Grid, Kills and Wounds Many

Israel just isn't going to stop.

They're bombarding the downtown neighborhoods in some of Lebanon's larger and/or more important cities and towns. This goes on even in areas where Hezbollah is not believed to be situated in any numbers. Jewish/Israeli authors convened a very rare press conference, however, to condemn the Israeli military's expanded combat operation against Lebanon (from Ha'aretz):

Acclaimed authors Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, and David Grossman publicly stated their opposition yesterday to the cabinet's decision to expand ground operations in Lebanon, calling instead for a diplomatic solution to the crisis based on the proposal put forth by Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

This past Sunday, the literary giants published an advertisement in the press calling for a cease-fire and negotiations. Critics felt the demand to halt the fighting was late in coming, and that the advertisement was aimed both at justifying the war as well as distancing the authors from the war.

But to find a death toll for the Lebanese is pretty damned difficult, while the media reports on every hang nail Israel suffers.

Meanwhile, in chickenhawk land, the U.S. is reportedly "worried" over Syria's confidence.