Reporting from South Lebanon
August 27th, 2006
Hicham Takache
In the afternoon, I took my family and made a tour to the neighboring villages and towns to survey the war damage. Yohmor in particular was badly hit. This small village overlooking the Litani River was bombed mercilessly by all types of ammunition; from artillery shells, to cluster bombs, to smart bombs shot from Apache helicopters and F16 fighter jets. The damage is extensive and incredible.
View a photo essay of Haret Hreik from independent media activist & organizer with the Samidoun coalition, Mohammad Shublaq taken on Tuesday, 15 August 2006. Haret Hreik is a neighborhood in the southern suburb of Beirut that was most heavily targeted by Israeli air-strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs or Dahye in Arabic.
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Main source for numbers are Al-Jazeera and Assafir newspaper.
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Civilian Today |
Military Today |
Civilian Total* |
Military Total |
| Lebanon |
17D** | ~1100D,~3500W | 43DH***,31DLA,2Police officers. |
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| Gaza |
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| Israel |
1D, ~29W | 2D | ~39D****, ~400W | ~126D,~400W |
D=Dead, W=Wounded, H=Hezbollah, LA=Lebanese Army
*Change in total count, especially civilian Lebanese, may not correspond to change in daily count as total count is based on official estimates. Total count will be adjusted in bigger increments, i.e. every additional hundred casualties or so.
**The exact number of deaths for today was not available, largely to the delay in collecting bodies from under rubble after a devastating strike on Beirut’s southern suburb. Six people, including three children, died in Burg Ashamali, three in Gibseet, three in Shaath, three in Ali Annahr, two in Kilya and Baalbek, and one in Kaakaa-iyyiy Al jisir.
***There have been almost no recent reports of number of Hezbollah fighters dead or wounded.
****Haaretz count. They put number of Israeli soldiers dead at 113.
Compiled by Hicham Safieddine.
A Prisoners Justice Day Benefit for the Saneyah Relief Centre in Beirut, Lebanon
Wednesday August 9th doors open at 7pm, films will start right away
Sala Rosa 4848 St. Laurent
$5 or donation of a book for book to prisoners
Books 2 Prisoners asks for books on wide range of subjects including health, self-help, sexuality, black history, women’s issues,aboriginal issues, politics, psychology, philosophy, resource manuals, some law books, plus an array of novels.
