Rocket topples building in Israel's Haifa, casualties

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A rocket fired from Lebanon brought down a three-storey residential building in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Monday and there were casualties, Israel's Channel Two television reported.

Medics said the collapsed building was on fire and that two people were being treated near the rubble. Rescue crews were trying to search for trapped victims under the debris.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-07-17T121450Z_01_L17151840_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-HAIFA-COLLAPSE.xml

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1. From Ha'aretz....

Six people were wounded Monday afternoon when a building in Haifa collapsed after a direct hit from a Katyusha rocket fired by Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon.

Magen David Adom rescue personnel set up a field hospital next to the remains of the three-story building.

The rocket tore the front off the building, crushing cars underneath.

Medics said an initial inspection indicated no one was trapped under debris.

Volleys of Katyushas also struck Tiberias and Safed on Monday afternoon, hours after six people were lightly wounded as rockets hit communities across the Galilee.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/739349.html

[TomClash]

2. And for what? nt

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3. It keeps the tit for tat thing happening, I guess...

..unfortunately it's Lebanese and Israeli civilians who bear the brunt of all this crap...

[Poll_Blind]

4. War crimes, crimes against humanity. I'm sure it'll get worse, too.

PB

[umtalal]

5. You mean Israel is not commiting war crimes against the humanity in leban

WTF?

[bemildred]

6. No, he doesn't mean that. nt

[Waya]

7. There are plenty......

...of crimes to go around.....on all sides....

[bemildred]

8. Indeed.

But Mr. Blind is not prone to ignore Israeli trangressions, in any case, so it is not a fair assertion.