Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
During the 2006 war nearly all businesses in the north of Israel closed. Many Israelis fled their homes here, heading south staying with friends, family and even occasionally strangers willing to take them in.
In Kiryat Shmona, a town close to the Lebanese boarder, this man stayed behind and tended to one of [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
Perched on a hilltop overlooking a lush valley on the other side of which is Isreal, Bint Jbeil was considered a ‘Hizbollah stronghold’ during the 2006 war.
Two major battles took place there. The first began early in the morning on July 25, 2006 with heavy gun volleys between the Israeli Defense Forces [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
Haifa’s train depot was the scene of the deadliest attack in Israel during the 2006 war with Hizbollah. On July 16, shortly after nine in the morning missiles rained down on the city. One directly struck the train depot killing eight workers inside.
We visited the train depot in the hopes of getting [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
On a Thursday morning we left Tyre and traveled south to visit with more survivors and survey some of the other small towns. The first one we came to was Qana. Lebanese Christians believe this is where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water to wine.
Qana also has a long, sad history [...]
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