7/17 Middle East Live Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1666537/posts?page=3202 ^ | 7/17/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

09:02 Amir Peretz: We won`t stop fighting before achieving our objectives (Haaretz)

08:52 Barrage of Katyusha rockets hits Kiryat Shmona (Itim)

08:48 IDF arrested 12 wanted Palestinian militants in overnight West Bank raids (Itim)

08:32 Two Qassam rockets land in Ashkelon; no casualties or damage reported (Channel 10)

08:07 One IDF soldier lightly injured in fighting in northern Gaza Strip (Israel Radio)

07:57 Asia-Pacific officials working to evacuate citizens from Lebanon (AP)

07:31 Rocket barrage slams into Safed; no immediate report of casualties, damage (Haaretz)

07:30 Two people lightly injured in Acre from rocket hits (Haaretz)

07:21 Alarm sirens heard in Tiberias, no hits reported as yet (Channel 10)

07:20 Two people lightly wounded by sharpnel in Qassam hits on Sderot (Haaretz)

07:07 Lebanese: IDF attacks Beirut port; large fire breaks out (AP)

07:00 Third Qassam rocket hits Sderot; no casualties reported (Haaretz)

06:56 IDF soldier injured in Beit Hanun (Haaretz)

06:49 Katyusha rocket hits community near northern town of Acre; 4 people injured (Haaretz)

06:43 Two loud explosions rock southern suburbs of Beirut (AP)

06:37 Two Qassam rockets hit Sderot; no casualties (Israel Radio)

06:16 Lebanese: 17 fatalities, 9 of them soldiers, in latest round of IDF strikes (Israel Radio)

06:13 Qassam rocket hits western Negev; no casualties (Israel Radio)

06:08 IAF strikes over 50 targets in Lebanon in overnight attacks (Israel Radio)

06:05 IDF says air raid sirens in Haifa were false alarm (Israel Radio)

06:03 Air raid sirens sound in Haifa (AP)

05:46 IDF: Lebanese military involved in Friday attack on Israeli ship (AP)

05:43 IDF: Radar stations targeted were used in Friday attack on Israeli ship (AP)

05:37 IDF: Latest attacks in Lebanon are against radar stations used by Hezbollah (AP)

05:13 Israel blames Hizbollah after Canadian deaths in southern Lebanon (Reuters)

04:35 Oil surges back toward record highs after weekend of Middle East violence (Reuters)

04:13 13 killed, including 8 soldiers, in renewed overnight IDF attacks in Lebanon (AP)

03:21 EU foreign ministers discuss diplomatic options in effort to end Mideast violence (AP)

[Peach]

CNN reporting media blackout in Israel. This is either to 1) prevent Hizbullah from using live television feeds to act as spotters for arty rockets or 2) there is some impending military action they want to keep quiet.

I wonder if it's to prevent the media from filming rescue helicopters? Do we know any more about the media blackout?

[Uriah_lost]

Nice! In Iraq, they have used animal carcasses to hide IEDs, but it has to be a biggish animal to hold enough explosive to have much chance of doing any real damage. The amount of armor on a modern armored vehicle makes their job harder, not impossible, but much, much harder.

[daybreakcoming]

6+ years of planning and tunneling by the Hezbollah under the noses and the UN and Lebanese army.

Thank you. I am of the opinion that the IAF and their intelligence are among the best in the world and it was puzzling me how the hezbollahs seemed to be firing at will.

[jhp]

No, I believe the Kaytushas are for the most part being targeted at the northern most communities, so there is no need to put them right on the border. the missiles hitting hafia have been reported to be the Thunder/Radd missiles and the Fargi 3 rockets (upgraded Kaytushas) also with plenty of range so as not to put them right on the border. And the Zedzel missiles capable of reaching TelAviv have an approx. 120 mile range which means they can practically be fired from beirut. Now that i think about it, its kind of worrying they were transporting those missiles (the ones Israel claims they took out) forward, unless they were moving far enough south to hit Dimona (that's a really scary thought)

[Sting 11]

Here are some stills:

[BlessedByLiberty]

You just made my day! Thank You!

[Rte66]

Oh, no, it wasn't you. People have been saying it all day. I've never heard Dallas mentioned even once, just Houston. Sorry if it sounded like I was blaming you - my rant was cumulative - directed at the "they" who do it all the time.

[jhp]

no haven't heard anything else about the blackout, anybody else?

[CAluvdubya]

OMG ... did you just see Shep ducking and waiving on camera ???

Darn! I figured it was a good to get something done.....during Shep! I forgot about the comedy relief!

[sofaman]

"Two individuals were lightly injured when a rocket hit a sensitive facility in the north. Earlier, it was reported that ten hospital workers suffered from shock as a result of a rocket that hit a medical institution in the Galilee. (Hagai Einav)"

YnetNews

[daybreakcoming]

Maybe it was a CNN blackout.

[Fitzcarraldo]

23:07 Four injured when Katyusha rocket hits Safed (Haaretz)

23:05 More than 100,000 people escape Lebanon through Syria (Reuters) ---- [and to expedite the process, the Syrian border guards are dispensing with the usual search and identification procedures...]

[Rte66]

Ooooooh - long-lost memory. I had such a crush on the Scud Stud!

[BurbankKarl]

Yes...no live footage of incoming missiles per Israel...or you get the boot from the country.

[Miztiki]

Where's the screenshot of Shep stretching his arms out wide to show how long those rockets are? He seemed nervous and a tad bit sweaty!

Seriously, I enjoy watching Shep and though it's funny watching him duck and fret, Jennifer and the cameraman were ducking too, and being in a war zone certainly is not without risk. I'll laugh at him but only in a good natured. way. :-)

[tcrlaf]

Al-Aribiya is showiing the same Israeli artillery shot OVER AND OVER on a loop while the commentators talk..

[Salem]

Bump to Alouette's debriefing at 1365.

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[sofaman]

I had the same question...no details given...

[mfccinsd]

I think they meant the attack from earlier this morning when the buiding collapsed and we had Mike Tobin live in Haifa...didn't see Shep at that point...so guessing that's what it's about.

What we were seeing today with Shep (hiding behind Jennifer) was in another city (the place Jennifer has been reporting from).