Sunday, July 30, 2006

20 Children Slaughtered in Israeli Air Strikes

Just reported by BBC World:

More than 40 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a building near the southern Lebanese town of Qana, reports say.

Initial accounts say families had been sheltering in the basement of the site, which was demolished. Rescuers said many of the casualties were children.

Reporters spoke of people screaming in grief and anger amid the wreckage.

al Jazeera also reported:

At least 20 children are believed to be among more than 40 civilians killed after an Israeli raid destroyed a building in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, Aljazeera's correspondent reports.

Lebanese media reported that dozens of people remain trapped inside the three-storey building which was sheltering several families, some of whom had fled the Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre.

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