NYT: ‘Videos show Israeli soldiers are using similar methods of destruction to what they employed in Gaza, including the use of controlled demolitions, in which soldiers enter the targeted structures to place explosives.’

And: ‘There is damage across the south, but the most severe destruction in the south is concentrated in Shiite villages. Shiites, who are from the same sect as Hezbollah, form the majority of the population in southern Lebanon, though some towns in the no-go zone near the border are predominantly Christian or Druse. Israel has told some Christians and Druse they can stay if they expel Shiite Muslims from southern towns.’

And: ‘Only Allah can compensate us,’ Fatima Abdallah, 46, a mother of five from the town of Houla near the Israeli border, said.

Same methods, less outcry, no hostages, fewer deaths so far. No political gains, perhaps the belief that deterrence has been restored.

(a sf 2121)