A friend sent a first-hand account of someone in Beirut watching the misery the people with his own eyes. And frustating to think we can't do anything except fret and fawn at this horrible situation.
I don't know what is Israel achieving by this death and destruction. If they think they can stop terrorism by this outrageous barbarism, they are dreaming. Each bomb that kills, maims, orphans, widows, creates a hundred new angry people bent on revenge. And this spirals in nowhere but hopelessness, despair and the dark ages. And it can do this only with the support and encouragement of the sole "super-power" in this world. No wonder these countries fear the technological advancement of countries such as Iran; as they will be subjected to the same torture as they are subjecting others to.
People subjected to such treatment for so long cannot ever be friends; so, we can forget about living side-by-side as friendly nations. What can be done is establishing a wider Palestinian state with all of the occupied territories from '67, and creating complete barrier cutting off the two nations. And they will live happily (and separately) ever after.
Someone, I feel one aspect of this arise from the narrow-minded religions of that regions each proclaiming the one-ness of its god, and not recognizing god of other people. This is one aspect of eastern religions that makes me so proud - the joto-moth-toto-poth aspect of it.
Btw, I guess its already clear what I mean by terrorism: the state sponsored ones, as perpetrated by USA and Israel.
Israel & US, rejoice for the tiny terrorists that you killed today. I am sure all of you now feel much safer now sitting in your fat asses in your air-conditioned mansions, now that 36 of these tiny terrorists lie dead. Do you think you can win a war like this? 
The tears never seem to dry.