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DAY 22

Today in the morning the 48 hours of arial "cease fire", after the Qana massacre(BTW... today nobody in the "West", for example in the German media, is talking/writing anymore about it..) - in fact the IAF was continuing their activities(just on a lower level) - ended. And now everything is starting again, but on a much more extreme level.

IDF is preparing for a massive ground offensive - already 20,000 soldiers are now operating in the southern border area in Lebanon. And, according to several intl. news agencies, thousands of IDF troops are ready to enter the Lebanese territory soon(likely in the coming night).

On the other side Hizbullah is attacking Israel since the morning with Katyushas and even long-range missiles. According to Hizbullah 300 missiles were fired... according to Israeli sources around 100 were hitting targets mainly in north Israel.

And IDF troops and HIzbullah fighters are involved in heavy and fierce ground battles. Already yesterday three IDF soldiers were killed in house-to-house fights in villages near the southern Lebanese border.

Here the latest by ME and intl. news agencies, news papers:

Israel raid 'captures Hezbollah fighters' (Al Jazeera)

IDF commandos complete Baalbek raid, reportedly capture five Hezbollah militants (Haaretz)

19 killed as Israel raids hospital (Guardian)

Israel strikes deep in Lebanon (IHT/NYT)

Exchanges of fire rage in Lebanon (ynet)

150 Hizbullah rockets hit Israel (Guardian)

..and so on, and so on.....

Later(likely in the coming 2 or 3 hours) i'll write some of my thoughts about it.. And perhaps not everyone will like it^^