I also don't see any women in these pictures mourning their dead children. I was surprised to see several little girls. Interesting that most of the children look like they are between the ages of 6-10. No teens, women or babies that I could spot.
Left behind for a photo opportunity? Interesting also was the presence of fresh roses.
All the way through this thread that's exactly what I was thinking. Where are the mothers? How and why were (how many?) children in one place together, without a single mother or adult with them?
All of the victims were from two large extended families, the Shaloub and Hashem families. All the women and children were hiding in a shelter in the basement. The written story describes how the bodies of mothers holding onto the bodies of their children were removed from the basement. You can see in the footage that apparently three stories of concrete building fell on them, and the rescuers pulled out the bodies that were found in air pockets. That's why the bodies are still being recovered, and the final body count isn't yet known - there are still corpses buried in the rubble not easily accessible.
The families didn't have the cars or the gasoline to leave, and they didn't have enough money to get taxis out of Cana. There have also been frequent aerial bombardments of convoys leaving the area, so it's difficult for the residents to know if the smarter thing is to stay or go.
The BBC reporter quotes residents of the town as saying that Hezbollah fired rocket launchers from fields outside the town itself. Be as skeptical as you are inclined. BBC is the main news source of our chief ally in the GWOT, so this is the coverage that the British are seeing. Take a look at the video. Dismiss it as propaganda or take it at face value. But at least by watching it, you're seeing an on-site piece of news footage, which we haven't seen in the US yet.
Considering Israel's decision to stop air strikes, it seems that even they are considering that they made have made a tragic horrible mistake. So even we can consider that possibility as well, instead of just dismissing it out of hand.
The Beeb also has footage from the same reporter as he is travelling with Lebanese who are fleeing the area in a convoy headed to Tyre. The convoy gets shelled by Israeli war planes. Scary stuff.