HEZBOLLAH has planted expolsives on Israeli territry

Even from the Israeli account the explosive devices appear to have been in No Mans Land, on territory outside Israeli border security fences. Territory claimed, I understand, in theory at any rate, by both countries.

Knowing whom to believe and what to believe in all this is not straightforward. There's a disputed border, and people on both sides who don't trust each other, with good reason. The best thing is to accept that the various parties involved can be expected to spin the truth to suit themselves.

One thing is for certain in all tghis - a hell of a lot more civilians, mostly Lebanese, but also Israeli, were killed in the course of a few weeks in that nasty little war last year, far more than have been killed in all the years since Israel pulled out of its occupation of Southern Lebanon. And the killings were only part of it, and in some ways the lesser part of it.