“Made in the USA » A banner unfurled by Hezbollah, in front of a tangle of concrete slabs and gutted walls, welcomes passersby in the small square of Maaysra. Faces of women, teenagers, children and men are shown here and there, their smiles frozen forever.
It was here, on September 25, that an Israeli strike killed sixteen residents, in a square of three terraced houses, perhaps by means of a US-supplied missile, as the banner implies. A small Shiite enclave located in Kesrouan, a predominantly Christian area, 40 kilometers north of Beirut, Maaysra is the first town in the region to suffer a deadly air attack since the start of the conflict. On Thursday, October 3, a new bombing targeted a house in the town, located at 600 meters above sea level, without causing any casualties. “During the 2006 war, the Israelis attacked two bridges in Jounieh [20 kilomètres plus bas]But, in my memory, this is the first time that a nearby town has been bombed.”specifies Georges Aoun, mayor of Zaaitra, a neighboring Christian city. Read more here.
