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IDF hits Lebanese television transmission towers

The IDF hit several Lebanese television transmission towers last night according to reports in both HaAretz and YNet. This is HaAretz's summary:

IAF jets hit TV transmission towers on Saturday in Lebanon, knocking the nation's leading private network off the air and cutting phone links to some regions.

Fighter bombers fired missiles at transmission stations in the central and northern Lebanese mountains, leaving antennas burning on the ground.

Three missiles hit a transmission station at Fatqa in the Keserwan mountains. Another air strike crippled a transmission tower at Terbol in northern Lebanon, where relay stations for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., Future TV and Hezbollah's Al-Manar are located.

The three stations could no longer be seen in parts of the country although their satellite feed was unaffected. The Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. is the nation's leading private network.

Hezbollah TV has been targeted previously, during the hostilities that erupted July 12. It went off the air for less than 10 minutes during the pounding.

The transmission of Radio Free Lebanon, a private station, was also disrupted when air strikes hit a tower on a mountaintop in Sannine that was also used by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp.

Troops destroyed Hezbollah headquarters, six missile launchers, missile storage facilities, weapon storage facilities, communication lines, and over 40 rocket launch sites.

But a couple of the comments on the YNet site were even more interesting:

10. Now it's clear

WHAT THE HELL IAF ARE DOING?
WHAT THEY HAVE DESTROYED IS NOT A STATION FOR HEZBULLAH AT ALL.
IT'S A GROUP OF BROADCASTING ANTENAS FOR LBC TV / FUTURE TV / AND MTC MOBILE PHONES ... THERE IS NOTHING TO DO FOR HEZBULLAH OVER THERE THESE ARE PURE CHRISTIAN AREAS AND THIS GROUP OF TV THEY ARE ALL AGAINST HEZBULLAH.... WHAT THE HELLL THEY ARE DOING?
YOU ARE PROVING MORE AND MORE THAT HEZBULLAH IS RIGHT...
ISRAEL SINCE THIS WAR STARTED HAS KILLED CIVILIANS, AND DESTROYED INFRASTRUCTURES, WHERE HEZBULLAH DOES NOT EXIST ....BUT WHY???????????
IS IT IN THIS WAY HOW WE BUILD A FUTURE FOR A PEACEFUL LIFE BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS?
YOU ARE SAYING THAT IRAN AND SYRIA ARE BEHIND HEZBULLAH .... SO GO AND HIT THESE COUNTRIES ... OR YOU ARE JUST AFRAID OF THEM AND YOU ARE PLAYING THE HEROS FROM THE SKY AND DESTROYING A PEACEFULL COUNTRY LIKE LEBANON...
IT'S MORE CLEAR ... ISRAEL WANTS TO DESTROY LEBANON JUST BECAUSE LEBANON DECIDED TO LIVE IN PEACE.... YOU WILL NEVER LEARN TO LIVE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS ... NEVER ... NEVER ... NEVER

JO
A CHRISTIAN LEBANESE ... IF IT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU
JO , BEIRUT / LEBANON (07.22.06)

15. No "Jo from Lebanon," we don't care that you are Christian

You lost all your pride and let the Jihadis control your Christian country then you come on here and insult the Israelis for doing YOUR job. You Christian Lebanese have turned into dhimmis right before your very eyes and haven't done a thing about it. We, American Christians are very disappointed how you let your once very proud and successful country become a Jihadi cesspool.

And what is this nonsense you are spouting that Lebanon is a peaceful country? How peaceful is it when you have an armed militia as part of your government saying day and night they plan to destroy Israel? What you don't realize is that today Hizbollah is planning Israel's demise, tomorrow they will be planning the Lebanese Christians' demise. Jo, when will you take off the blinders and figure this out?

From one Christian to another - SMARTEN UP!
Christopher , USA (07.22.06)

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:27 AM