Meanwhile, back in the Holy Land...

From Israelinsider:

Ahmadinejad: Israel pushed self-destruct button in Lebanon
Israel has ordained its own end by invading Lebanon, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, the state news agency said.


As IDF forces leave northern Gaza, rockets hit kindergarten near Ashkelon
Two pre-schoolers were hurt after when a rocket hit a kindergarten in Zikim, south of Ashkelon, despite an IDF incursion in Gaza that killed 29 terrorists.


Israeli physician kidnapped, murdered and burned by Palestinian terrorists
The burnt body of Dr. Daniel Yaacobi, 60, reported missing from his home in Yakir in Samaria, was discovered stuffed in the trunk of a car near a Palestinian village east of Qalqilya. Security forces making the grisly discovery were fired on from the surrounding villages. Earlier Thursday evening, a Palestinian terrorist wounded three security officers at a checkpoint in southern Jerusalem before being shot dead. [more]


Israeli jets pound Lebanon; Rice returning to Israel for more talks
As US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced plans to return to the Middle East, Israeli warplanes pounded 130 targets in Lebanon on Friday, including a Hezbollah base in the Bekaa Valley where long-range rockets were stored, killing at least three people and wounding nine, officials said. The IAF also hit a missile base in Tyre. Meanwhile, US and British officials stepped up diplomatic efforts to end the crisis.


If Olmert's team fails to deliver, replace him
Dr. Aaron Lerner
If Olmert and his team project weakness and hesitation rather than strength and determination, a change in leadership can give Israel a second shot.


"We will not lose this war"
Captain Uri Lavie
An IDF Golan Birgade company commander briefs his soldiers, nine months into their army service, before engaging Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon.


All Quiet on the Northern Front
David Bedein
Olmert glanced at the IDF report, stood his ground, and reiterated his stand that "I meant to say that they have not fired into Israel in the last five years."