The Death Toll Mounts

In his post, Blood Discount, Billmon mentions the difference he has noticed the coverage of the conflict by the American media when it comes to casualties in Israel and those in Lebanon.

The BBC reports:

More than 127 Lebanese have died since clashes with Israel began last week. At least were 23 killed in air raids in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

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Twelve Israeli civilians have been killed by Hezbollah rockets since fighting began on Wednesday, including the eight killed in Haifa.

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At least 16 died in Israeli air strikes on Sunday the city of Tyre, while attacks on a border village killed at least seven, including five with Canadian and Lebanese citizenship.

The strikes came hours after the Haifa rocket attack, which killed eight members of a train repair crew.

Correspondents say the large death-count in a strike on Israel’s third-largest city has rattled the whole country.

Israel’s death toll from the fighting stands at 24 overall.

CNN reports:

Seven Canadians were killed and another three were wounded Sunday in southern Lebanon amid Israeli shelling and airstrikes, Canada’s foreign ministry said.

Americans are also apparently uninterested in the vastly higher number of Palestinian civilians that have been killed in the Israeli raids on the occupied West Bank and Gaza, than Israelis killed by Palestinian terrorists.

Via Mr. Wolcott, in Israel Takes A Stupid Pill , Larry C. Johnson [ex-CIA] of No Quarter wonders what the Israelis are playing at, and when they are going to use some commonsense in dealing with their problems.

Diplomacy has brought peace to Israel with Egypt and Jordan. The refusal to talk to the Palestinians, Lebanon, and Syria hasn’t worked out very well.