The 2006 invasion of Lebanon by Israel remembered

| July 13, 2011

Israeli airstrikes hit Tripoli, a large city in the far north of Lebanon. Anger was directed against both Israel and Hezbollah for triggering the invasion. There was disgust when Stephen Harper declared Israel's reaction 'measured.' Photo: David P. Ball.

'Five years ago today, I was living in Beirut when Israel began its 33-day air and land assault on Lebanon, killing 1,200 civilians.'

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