General News of Friday, 21 July 2006
Source: dailystar/GHP
TYRE, Lebanon, July 21 -- Two Ghanaian United Nation (UN) workers and a Lebanese family of five remained buried under the rubble of a two-story building on Thursday after an Israeli strike Tuesday evening in the eastern Tyre suburb of al-Hosh.
A United Nations Interim Force(UNIFIL) rescue team has so far been unable to come to the aid of the family and the two Ghanaians.
Earlier this week, the Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate stated that Ghanaian troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon are safe and well.
Heavy shelling continues to pound the coastal road in the area, which is effectively under the control of the Israeli Army.
"The Israelis have asserted their full control from air and sea over the area south of Tyre," a Lebanese Army official told reporters. An army official added that UNIFIL does not have the capability, jurisdiction or authority to operate in times of violent hostilities.
"The Israeli warplanes are targeting all civilian or military cars, including UN bulldozers and forklifts needed to remove heavy rubble," the army official said. "We advise reporters and everyone else not to go beyond Al-Hosh; it is too risky."