Bombed Lebanese town a 'hub for Hizbollah': Israel

UNITED NATIONS: Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman told the Security Council on Sunday that Qana was "a hub for Hizbollah" and said Israel had beseeched the residents of the Lebanese village to leave prior to Sunday's deadly attack.   

"They target us specifically. This is their declared aim and this is what we are fighting," he said of the Lebanese militia that ignited the current fighting by seizing two Israeli soldiers earlier this month.   

"I am beseeching you not to play into their hands, not to provide them with what they are seeking while sacrificing their own people as human shields and as victims," Gillerman said.