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A Night of Death and Terror for Lebanese Villagers. Israeli airstrike appears to be responsible for killing a bunch of sleeping civilians.

Leaving southern Lebanon now is dangerous. The two extended families staying in the house that the Israeli missile struck – the Shalhoubs and the Hashims – had discussed leaving several times over the past two weeks. But they were poor – most worked in tobacco or construction – and the families were big and many of their members weak, with a 95-year-old, two relatives in wheelchairs and dozens of children. A taxi north, around $1,000, was unaffordable.

And then there was the risk of the road itself.

Dozens, including 21 refugees in the back of a pickup truck on July 15, have been killed by Israeli strikes while trying to evacuate. Missiles hit two Red Cross ambulances last weekend, wounding six people and punching a circle in the center of the cross on one’s roof. A rocket hit the ambulance convoy that responded in Qana on Sunday.