Fighting rages in Lebanon border village  —  BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Heavy ground fighting raged Tuesday near a Lebanese border village, and Israel resumed frequent airstrikes after it decided, in a major expansion of its offensive, to send thousands more troops deeper into Lebanon.

Heavy clashes between IDF and Hezbollah; troops approach Litani in Taibeh area  —  Israel Defense Forces troops engaged in heavy exchanges of fire with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanese village of Ayta a-Shab, near Zarit, on Tuesday.  —  A unit of paratroop soldiers have been operating in the village since Monday.

This is the soft nihilism of low expectations  —  WASHINGTON - Israeli aircraft bombed a Hezbollah launching site in Qana this weekend as part of its prosecution of the war along its northern border.  —  Unfortunately, the strike killed dozens of civilians in the residential area hit …

THE ROAD TO QANA  —  'CHEAP' WAR GETS EXPENSIVE  —  THE airstrike on the Lebanese village of Qana has been a tragedy for Israel.  A publicity debacle, the deaths of 57 civilians united Israel's enemies, complicated American support - and may lead to a cease-fire that rewards Hezbollah.

Israel Is Losing This War  —  Its leaders need to act fast.  —  Israel is losing this war.  —  This is not to say that itwill lose the war, or that the war was unwinnable to start with.  But if it keeps going as it is, Israel is headed for the greatest military humiliation in its history.

Qana's Unresolved Questions  —  Yesterday's attempt to analyze the Israeli air strike on Qana, subsequent building collapse seven hours later, the Hezbollah propaganda campaign that resulted, and the media's seeming inability to ask hard questions about the events led to a flurry of analysis in the blogosphere yesterday.