Hezballah's latest war crime

Jerusalem Post:

Hizbullah guerrillas have moved most of their rockets in south Lebanon among civilians in villages in an apparent attempt to avoid detection by Israel and UN troops, IDF officials said Sunday.

The new moves are part of Hizbullah's reorganization after the Second Lebanon War, the officials said. During the summer's war, Hizbullah fired almost 4,000 rockets at Israel.

While Lebanon criticized the IDF for targeting civilian areas during the war, Israel said Hizbullah was to blame for operating among civilians and putting them at risk.

Last summer, many of Hizbullah's rocket batteries were located in unpopulated rural areas, where the guerrillas dug networks of tunnels and fortifications, the officials said. But the army's new intelligence indicates that those positions had now largely been abandoned in favor of populated villages, which provide better cover for the group's activities. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Endangering civilians by placing weapons in civilian neighborhoods is a war crime. It is a part of Hezballah's "victim" strategy. They are probably already planning their media events for when the Israelis shoot back at the launch sites. It is a very cynical strategy and Israel is right to call attention to it, but Israel should go further and put the civilians, the Lebanese government and the UN on notice that the sites will be attacked and the civilian casualties will the Hezballah's responsibility and those who permitted the placement of these weapons systems.