Posted on 07/30/2006 11:05:55 AM PDT by Alouette
IDF continuing to check difficult incident at Qana village, and attempting to account for strange gap between time of the strike on the building – midnight – and eight in the morning, when the building collapsed
An IDF investigation has found that the building in Qana struck by the Air Force fell around eight hours after being hit by the IDF.
"The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the morning. The gap between the timing of the collapse of the building and the time of the strike on it is unclear," Brigadier General Amir Eshel, Head of the Air Force Headquarters told journalists at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, following the incidents at Qana.
Eshel and the head of the IDF's Operational Branch, Major General Gadi Eisnkot said the structure was not being attacked when it collapsed, at around 8:00 in the morning.
The IDF believes that Hizbullah explosives in the building were behind the explosion that caused the collapse.
Another possibility is that the rickety building remained standing for a few hours, but eventually collapsed. "It could be that inside the building, things that could eventually cause an explosion were being housed, things that we could not blow up in the attack, and maybe remained there, Brigadier General Eshel said.
"I'm saying this very carefully, because at this time I don't have a clue as to what the explanation could be for this gap," he added.
Meanwhile in Lebanon it is being reported that the number of those killed in the collapse of the structure climbed to 60.
All targets struck accurately
Eshel said that an additional attack took place at 7:30 in the morning, but added that other buildings were targeted. "This was an attack on three buildings 460 meters away from the structure we are talking about. Four bombs were dropped and all of them are documented by the planes' cameras. They all struck their targets. In addition, we carried out a filming sortie that photographed the village during the afternoon showing that the three targeted buildings we struck. We have verification of strikes on the building and that the bombs reached their targets," Eshel said.
"An attack that took place at two in the morning struck two targets, both of them 400 meters away from the building (that collapsed). They were also destroyed. The attack between 12 and 1 a.m. struck the area of the affected house, and there were accurate strikes on the target. We are asking the question – what happened between 1 in the morning and 8 in the morning… we understand this building was attacked between 12 and 1 in the morning, seven hours before it was seriously damaged," he said.
Brigadier General Eshel explained that "since the start of fighting in Lebanon 150 rockets from a very high number of rocket launchers have been fired from the village and its surrounding areas, at a number of sites in the State of Israel. Within the village itself we have located a diverse range of activities connected to firing of rockets, beginning from forces commanding this operation – because such an operation needs ongoing command to direct it – and logistical sites that serve this end."
"From this village rockets are fired almost every day across Israel. The operation carried out overnight is an extension of operations that didn't start last night but before, and during this night we struck a number of targets in the village. All of the targets are being meticulously sifted," Eshel added.
8 hours?
bttt
Assuming the IDF is correct in the timing of the attacks, the next question is why wasn't the building evacuated before its collapse.
Hizbullawood
CNN's B Roll.
It was INvacuated (human shields moved inside) before calling the media.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was an intended explosion, so the terrorists could produce the "atrocity" scenes for the willing and gullible media.
That's EXACTLY what I think happened. I thought so even before I heard about the "delayed explosion."
You're just whistling dixie: prove your statement!
Prove your own statement. Anyone who believes the myth of an 8-hour delayed explosion has gullibility problems.
You don't know what you're talking about; half of the population in Lebanon is Christian, some are Druze, some are
Coptic, some are Greek Orthodox, some are Muslim, etc. These
folks are NOT the enemy! The Lebanese Army is a joke: they
din't have the power to remove Hezbollah.
LMAO
I think more than half used to be Christian. I thought the number was smaller than that now.
So Fn what???
No matter the explaination Israel today LOST the PR war and AMERICA as it's best ally as now the entire world leaves it open to destruction.
"I'll give Cooper credit"
Cooper has been decent, much better than Shep Smith and Greta.
One half the Lebanese Army supports Hezbollah. That's why the army can not go against them.
Also Aoun, the Maronite Christian's political leader, allied with Hezbollah in 2/06.
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