Under Siege XIV: Hillbound

Dom is finally getting a day off tomorrow and we are heading for the Hills. There's a resort still open in Broumanna, north of Beirut, so we are going to read books, lie by the pool and chill out for 24 hours. It'll be good to get out of the city - it's been a long two weeks and diplomacy is still moving very slowly. Some UN observers in the south were killed last night by an Israeli attack - this cannot go on - are we all to be targets?

The shelling of the southern suburbs is also continuing - I am not sure that there is anything left to hit any more. If the aim is to take out the leader of Hizbollah, Nasrallah, it isn't working - no one is left in the suburbs. My friends have all moved to places of safety - but are all staying in overcrowded houses with family and friends. It's tiring them out too.

My work here is now focused on clearing the backlog of paper that the evacuation left behind. In fact, I'd better get on with it! Sydney is now looking decidedly bored and is clearly fed up with this nesting lark.