What is happening in Lebanon?
NOTE: The flyer for the rally can be downloaded from here. From July 12 to July 24, over 400 people were killed by the Israeli army and airforce in Lebanon – the vast majority of them civilians. More are missing and wounded. Half a million Lebanese have been driven from their homes, 100,000 have fled to seek refuge in Syria. hospital officials in Tyre, Lebanon, declared on July 20 that mass graves have been prepared to bury the victims. In the same period, Hezbollah have killed 36 Israelis, 25 of them soldiers. Israel’s government say they are attacking Hezbollah, but have bombed civilian areas and infrastructure in the north of Lebanon, while Hezbollah are based in the south. Power stations, freeways, residential suburbs, bridges, ports and Beirut airport have been bombed. The Israeli army have also killed over 100 people in Gaza in the same period in what they say is an attempt to free another Israeli POW. With medical goods and clean water in short supply, an ever-growing number of
