In line with my brief posting here. Note the information about Hizballah launching attacks from civilian Christian areas. That way, if Israel responds, civilians are killed, giving Hizballah grist for its propaganda mill, but the dead civilians are just Christians, so no harm, no foul. “Christians Fleeing Lebanon Denounce Hezbollah,” from, of all places, the New York Times, with thanks to Sr. Soph:
TYRE, Lebanon, July 27 “” The refugees from southern Lebanon spilled out of packed cars into the dark street here Thursday evening, gulping bottles of water and squinting in the glare of the headlights to find family members and friends. Many had not eaten in days. Most had not had clean drinking water for some time. There were wounded swathed in makeshift dressings, and a baby just 16 days old.
But for some of the Christians who had made it out in this convoy, it was not just privations they wanted to talk about, but their ordeal at the hands of Hezbollah “” a contrast to the Shiites, who make up a vast majority of the population in southern Lebanon and broadly support the militia.
“Hezbollah came to Ain Ebel to shoot its rockets,” said Fayad Hanna Amar, a young Christian man, referring to his village. “They are shooting from between our houses.”
“Please,– he added, “write that in your newspaper.”
[…]
Many Christians from Ramesh and Ain Ebel considered Hezbollah’s fighting methods as much of an outrage as the Israeli strikes. Mr. Amar said Hezbollah fighters in groups of two and three had come into Ain Ebel, less than a mile from Bint Jbail, where most of the fighting has occurred. They were using it as a base to shoot rockets, he said, and the Israelis fired back.
One woman, who would not give her name because she had a government job and feared retribution, said Hezbollah fighters had killed a man who was trying to leave Bint Jbail.
“This is what’s happening, but no one wants to say it” for fear of Hezbollah, she said.
Note that the New Duranty Times provides no supporting evidence for its assertion that these Lebanese Christians are outraged by the Israeli strikes as much as they are by Hizballah — unless you count the statements by a Muslim they quote at the end of the article.