The wikipedia article is carefully non-committal, and wikipedia isn't a terribly reliable source (although I think it's better than its press suggests).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Qana_airstrikeThe Guardian article has no mention of any source either supporting or denying the Israeli claim that there were Hezbollah militants firing from Qana a few hours beforehand.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1833884,00.htmlNor does the Telegraph article.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FJJGHAPA0AJ3NQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/07/30/ulebanon.xmlI guess it's too early to be sure, but even if everything the Israeli's say is true (which is certainly not something it's safe to assume) then they had no excuse whatsoever to be shelling it.
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