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...Israeli, Arab and Lebanese sources hostile to Hizballah told TIME that the organization has been busy restocking its arsenal with help from Iran and Syria. Hizballah has taken delivery of Syrian-made Katyusha missiles with a range of almost 60 miles, able to strike the Israeli port of Haifa and maybe the northern outskirts of Tel Aviv. The Israeli military estimates that Hizballah's arsenal now has over 20,000 short-range missiles and hundreds of medium-range ones. This arms pipeline starts in Iran, where shipments are usually loaded onto trains as disguised cargo, and wend their way across...
...engaged in a “conflict” with the non-state terror organization Hezbollah. “We chose not to fight Lebanon. Hezbollah is our enemy,” she said. Shlein-Michael said the conflict started when Hezbollah launched a long-range missile into Haifa, the third largest city in Israel. “It was a declaration of war in Israel’s point of view,” she said. “They should have anticipated that Israel will feel the need to retaliate forcefully.” “Israel...
...sign that life is returning to normal following the war in northern Israel, the 22nd Annual Haifa Film Festival opened this past weekend to big crowds. When life returns to normal in Gaza, children will be able to attend school without fear. This is the sad state of affairs at the present moment in the Middle East...
Miriam R. Hinman ’08, who was working at an archaeological dig near Haifa in northern Israel, recalled the night after the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, which spurred the conflict...
Susan E. Maya ’08 was studying in Haifa when it was first bombed, and left to stay with relatives in a Tel Aviv suburb...