Well, this is certainly interesting....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=108758
IDF May Not Have Caused Kana Deaths
20:09 Jul 30, '06 / 5 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Senior IDF officers told reporters a short time ago that there is a contradiction in the timing of the bombing of the village of Kana and reports of the explosion that killed more than 50 civilians and set off world-wide condemnation of Israel. Air Force Commander Amir Eshel left open the possibility that Hizbullah terrorists blew up the building or that an unknown cause set off explosives which were stored in the structure.
He explained that recorded information shows that Israeli Air Force planes bombed the building between midnight and 1 a.m. and that the next attack at 7:30 a.m. was up to 500 yards away. He said reports of the killing of civilians came around 8 a.m. "It is not clear what happened" between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m., he said.
Brigadier General Ido Nehushtan pointed out that more than Hizbullah terrorists have fired more than 150 rockets from the village of Kana since the beginning of the war.
Well, well well. Looky here.
What a surprise.
OMG.....THAT would be the "smoking gun" that Israel needs to show the world....if they could prove it.
Maybe what Palkot saw...would have lent itself to prove the scenario from your article.
If it did...couldn't Palkot have talked privately to FOX?
This is interesting! Someone posting on the live thread in the wee hours this morning heard a report that the Israeli strike did not actually hit the building, but nearby, with shock waves causing the building to collapse.
Perhaps the investigation --- which Israel says it will do --- will reveal how much artillery damage there is to the structure and where it came from.
Based on the timeline from th4e attack until the explosion, it would seem that Jennifer Griffin, who was surprisingly hysterical, et al, would be a little more reserved in their comments.
As a side note, I just heard dana Rorabacher, noted Arabist, place the blame for the conflict on Hezbollah, with a "but-monkey" following about the fact that israel had left Labanon with Hezbollah intact..
In the last update, the Hez spokesman said many of the children were 'special needs,' too. How conveeenient.
Greg is careful to talk about the time lag between the bombs dropping and help arriving, some 5-7 hours.
He also pointed out that most victims were children and some women. Fighting aged men were nonexistent. And he stated flatly that the excuse that they didn't leave because the roads were too bombed up didn't hold water; that he just traveled over those very roads.
He sure does seem to be speaking in code today. I pray for his safety, he's one of my favorites.
I will wait patiently until he is safely back in the states to hear 'the rest of the story.'
Pinz