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There should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves a result anything like Gaza,
said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller They will not understand what happened and how it happened,
Does Israel want to keep its army in the south? Or does Israel want to get a third party to help? So far it is clear that, given lessons learned from 2006, Hezbollah is still present in the south and it is still a threat to Israel. This Israeli government won't let this happen again,
We need a transitional period for the government and for the Regular Army to prepare the second phase of Lebanon after the Hezbollah era. The current chief of staff, Joseph Aoun, is a respected general by all the parts. He is vigorous and he will be able to abide by the commitments with the international organisations,
From 2006 till now, Hezbollah has had a major share in the government. That's why the Lebanese army could not disarm them,
The Air Force is better and is using all kinds of methods to penetrate deeper into the ground, like dropping bomb after bomb after bomb,
said Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv Why not try and make a deal now rather than to fight for half a year?”
he asked in an interview with The Associated Press The land always works in the favor of those who own it,
Israeli aircraft carried out a strike targeting the road linking Syria and Lebanon
the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said We have been making clear to the government of Israel that they have an obligation under international humanitarian law to allow food and water and other needed humanitarian assistance to make it into all parts of Gaza,
said the State Department's Miller If you can't continue to fight, announce you are withdrawing and that you have lost. There is no shame in losing,
They are striking very close to us now and it is terrifying,
said Mohammed Khair, 43, as he had his hair cut in a barber shop in Tariq El Jdideh Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel, not Lebanon. He should take care of his people, not ours,
Yes we heard the address but nobody here listens to Netanyahu,
said Yusuf Habbal, 31, as he cut pieces of the traditional Lebanese sweet Kunafah in his shop in Tariq El Jdideh, a Sunni area We are all Hezbollah here, whatever Hezbollah does we will support them,
said Fadi Ali Kiryani, a 52-year-old corner shop owner Christians, Druze, Muslims Sunni and Shia, all of you are suffering because of Hezbollah’s futile war against Israel,
Even if it becomes worse here than Gaza, we will still fly the flag,
Nothing Netanyahu could say could change my mind,
Nobody here wants this war, but nobody is going to be turned against Hezbollah by something Netanyahu said in a video,
Everyone here knows that Israel lies,