Press Photos Capture Horror of Deadly Air Strike in Lebanon

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Published: July 30, 2006 8:45 AM ET

NEW YORK Until recent years, images of civilian casualties in wars often took days to appear in newspapers, but now they can be captured and transmitted around the world to newspaper Web sites, where they are posted immediately, adding to the shock value that sketchy words by reporters often cannot capture. This happened again Sunday morning in the case of the Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana that left dozens dead, reportedly at least half of them children sleeping in their beds overnight.

The photos, taken by The Associated Press, Reuters, and others, showed bodies in the rubble, or being taken away; survivors digging or wailing; and in Beirut an immediate protest at United Nations building, with windows smashed. The New York Times and some other papers produced photo galleries.

It was the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting, in the same place as an Israeli air strike that killed over 100 civilians 10 years ago, which produced an international outcry leading to the end of the Israeli operation.

The missiles destroyed several homes in the village of Qana as people were sleeping. Rescue officials said at least 55 people were killed, and the bodies of 28 children were found in the rubble. The numbers were expected to rise today.

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may we all find the peace that's within us and dwell there.

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1. I need a reminder

Can someone tell me which side are the terrorists? I'm having a problem distinguishing the difference between the "good" and "bad" guys.