Some of today's news in brief

Death toll - Quoting from this article written by Nehemia Shtrasler, on August 3, 2006, published in The Guardian: “Israel has not managed to crush Hizbullah and, worse, it has strengthened Hizbullah's standing in Lebanon and the Arab world, which are seeing how a tiny guerrilla organisation has succeeded in standing up to the mighty Israel defence forces and causing Israel serious losses among its civilian population. That is a dangerous precedent.”

Other news: Hezbollah didn't use the civilians as human shields: This is the link for an article written by Dahr Jamil.
And HRW (Human Rights Watch) issued on 3rd August a new report, analyzing almost two dozen cases of Israeli air and artillery attacks on civilian homes and vehicles in Lebanon. Here is a link for the summary.