by Bilal El-Amine

Hi everyone. First of all, I am fine as are family and friends. We’re scattered in different places, some still in the south, some in Tyre, the rest in Beirut and its surroundings. Those who live in the southern suburbs where Hizbullah is based managed to leave before the latest strikes and are safe with relatives.

As most of you know, Hizbullah carried out a bold operation a few days ago and managed to capture two Israeli soldiers. The resistance has been saying for quite some time now that it intends to free the remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israel, most prominently Samir Qantar.

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Forwarded to Tadamon! by Lebanese friends …

Salam Alaykum,

July 16th. 2006. 11:00a.m.

Yesterday evening, Isreal continued to commit atrocities in Beirut, Baalbeck, and southern villages. Specifically in the village of Marwaheen, Isreal committed another Qana-Like massacre, where women and children were turned away from United Nations Post, and Israel massacred them nearby these posts.

The International Community remains silent to these atrocities, and Arab Nations, specifically Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt have not condemned this WAR. It seems everyone is betting that the Lebanese will have an internal conflict, and raise pressure on the resistance to surrender.

Foreign embassies are evacuating their citizens.

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For four days straight, since Wednesday 12th of July at around noon, Israel has been bombing Beirut, the south of Lebanon, parts of the Bekaa and other parts of Lebanon non-stop. It is 12:49 am Sunday morning right now. In Beirut, Israeli warplanes are throwing bombs successively on an area called Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and it has just been announced that there is a big fire expanding through the whole area.

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URGENT CALL FOR DEMONSTRATION

Sunday 16 July, 11am, gathering at Peel and René-Lévèsque, Montréal

In the past 96 hours, the Israeli assault has killed 97 civilians in Lebanon, tens of whom were children. There have been 266 injuries.

Due to the latest escalation and attacks that Israel has been waging against Lebanese civilians, targeting people in their homes and damaging the vital infrastructure that supports their daily lives (roads, institutions, bridges, and airports), you are asked to join in the demonstration to protest the Israeli atrocities and crimes that are being committed against unarmed innocent civilians.

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Sent from a Tadamon! friend in Lebanon …

It is extremely tense here and the situation is deteriorating by the second. I am trying to get out without success and my wife and son are terrified. We stay in Sfeir, which was the first area to be targetted – and the destruction is unbelievable. The pressure of the first rocket sent Hassan (my 10-month old son) two meters in the air. It hit a bridge less than 500 meters away.

My parents are in the south (Ansarieh) along with 3 brothers and their families and that town was attacked savagely last night. Hundreds of my family members are under siege in many places.

Beirut Airport blast (15 July)

Israeli war planes are continuing to bomb the city. I am writing from the Hamra district of Beirut, where there are increasing numbers of refugees fleeing from the southern suburbs and the south of the country. Throughout the day, Israeli warplanes have hit the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Stefan Christoff and Mohammed Shublaq writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon, 14 July 2006.

Full report at http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5011.shtml

Israeli war planes are bombing Beirut. Over 70 Lebanese civilians have died since the Israeli military launched a major military offensive against Lebanon on Wednesday, July 12th. Bombs targeted civilian infrastructure throughout the country, including the key highways and bridges across southern Lebanon effectively halting all cross-country transportation. Pictured in this photo is a mosque on the edge of Beirut’s southern suburb with smoke in the sky above due to Israeli missile strikes on the Beirut international airport.

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Sawsan Kalache & Stefan Christoff writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon (re-posted from Electronic intifada, http://electronicintifada.net)

Syrian TV images of the Israeli bombing of Beirut International Airport. Around the Arab world, people were glued to their television sets in horror at Israel’s decimation of the civilian infrastructure. (EI)

Israeli war planes are bombing Beirut. Over 50 Lebanese civilians have died since the Israeli military launched a major military offensive against Lebanon on Wednesday, July 12th. Bombs have targeted civilian infrastructure throughout the country, including key highways and bridges across southern Lebanon, effectively halting all cross-country transportation.

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From: Al Awda Toronto, info@al-awda.ca, www.al-awda.ca

CALL/FAX/EMAIL Members of Parliament to demand that Canada act to stop Israeli aggression

Government contact information and sample letter below

In the past 24 hours, the Israeli assault has killed 27 civilians in Lebanon, 10 of who were children ((latest reports are 47 civilian deaths)). The attacks have hit 10 bridges, a television station, and Beirut International Airport, the only international airport in the country.

The attack on Lebanon has come 19 days into a brutal assault on the Palestinians of Gaza in which Israel has killed 74 people, a disproportionate number of these were children.

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Show your support for the Palestinian people of Gaza and the people of Lebanon! Express your outrage against the Israeli military invasion of Gaza and Lebanon! Call on the Canadian government to act!

DEMONSTRATION!!

FRIDAY, JULY 14, noon
Outside the Israeli consulate (north-west corner of Peel and Rene-Levesque, Montreal; metro Peel)

Featuring speakers, music, and recorded statements from Palestine, Lebanon and the middle east. Bring your banners, noisemakers, and placards!

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