Eyewitness account from socialist in Lebanon

"THE BOMBING has been continuous and and intensive – nobody is safe.
You can hear warplanes overhead all the time.

The Israeli Air Force has also taken to bombing trucks with food aid.
Now whenever a car driver finds him or herself behind a truck on the
road, they either stop immediately or swerve out of the way so they
don’t get caught in any bombing that might take place.

For those who have fled the south, they are now being housed in
schools opened for refugees. The Israeli Air Force bombed one of these
schools locally using the excuse that the school was being used by
Hezbollah guerrillas.

In places which have been carpet bombed, people have been forced
underground into shelters with no electricity or water. In two or three
weeks’ time, if this keeps up, there will be the onset of diseases.

Meat has run out here and yoghurt and milk are getting low in
supplies. We can only have the generators on for two hours and then a
two-hour break because of the shortages of diesel.

At the beginning of the conflict people were angry that Hezbollah had
taken unilateral action. But because of the IDF bombings probably a
majority now support Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel. People are saying
Israel has no right to punish the people of Lebanon."