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As the US Secretary of State left Israel, the Israeli government agreed to suspend air force activity in Lebanon for the next 48 hours. The agreement is meant to allow Lebanese to leave their homes and to allow investigations into the deaths that followed IAF bombing in Qana.
Meanwhile, the US State Department official said in his announcement that the Israeli government has agreed that the IAF will only act in the case of a target that is actively preparing to launch an attack against Israel.
In the words of news analyst Dr. Aaron Lerner, “Israel has not only agreed to grant Hezbollah 48 hours to rearm from Syria but also has graciously agreed that Israeli forces currently operating inside Lebanon will be denied air support – even if air support is a matter of life or death for the IDF ground forces…Simply put: the currently serving Olmert Administration, in the wake of an incident that was a scenario that was well within the realm of probability may have sacrificed today the lives of countless Israeli civilians and soldiers on the altar of satisfying Secretary of State Rice and President Bush.”
