Hezbollah Uses Ball Berings In Rockets To Maxamize Israeli Casualties

July 21, 2006

JINSA Report #587

Ball Bearings

We admit we almost missed it. The PowerPoint presentation on
the damage inHaifa caused by Hizballah rockets was produced by
one “LennyM” and sent by a friend.At first the photos were just
buildings wrecked by the attack. Comparable to the damage done
in Lebanon by Israel, maybe. The cement construction is
similar, the furnishings not too different.

We were, in fact, struck by the odd damage done to the faade
of the buildings - little round scoring marks in the cement.
Then, small holes in the windshields of cars. Then, holes in the
metal bodies of the cars - each one neat and round.
What could make round holes in car bodies? Ball bearings -
shown in the later photos.

This should ring a bell. Palestinian suicide bombers put ball bearings
and nails in their explosives to increase the lethality of the bombs.
Sometimes they were coated with anti-coagulants to increase the
internal bleeding of the victims; sometimes with Hepatitis-C in a
crude attempt to create “biological” weapons.

Ball bearings in a rocket are not a military weapon - they are a terrorist
weapon used simply to increase the suffering of civilians. It tells you
something truly awful.

This has to be contrasted with Israel’s attempts to limit the
damage in Lebanon.

*** For all you read about Israel bombing the Beirut Airport,
a symbol of Lebanese sovereignty, only the runways were
taken out - not the control towers or the terminals -
because, we were told, “The Lebanese will need it again.”

*** Bridges south of Beirut have been taken out to keep
Hizballah from moving its longer range missiles closer
to the border - but there has been no blanket

*** Bombing of villages. The bombs in Beirut proper are
in the “Forbidden Quarter,”where Hizballah command
and control facilities share space with the families of
their senior officers.

*** There is a naval blockade to keep Iran and Syria from
reinforcing Hizballah from the sea, but the American
and French rescue ships move in and out safely.

*** Roads from Lebanon to Syria have been bombed to
prevent reinforcements entering for Hizballah, but
one road in the north remains open to allow civilians
(and maybe some terrorists) to escape.

*** Even the Lebanese soldiers in the radar stations Israel
bombed after they were used to guide the Hizballah
missile that struck the Israeli ship were warned to
leave - one group remained and suffered 10 deaths,
the others evacuated their stations and were not harmed.

Israel has, as it always has, tried to strike a balance between its primary obligation to
protect its citizens from attack and a self-imposed obligation to do as little harm to
innocents in enemy territory as possible. Would that it was the standard on both sides.

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Source: http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=3466