HERO OF THE WEEK

Paratrooper Sniper Becomes Hero - Margot Dudkevitch
IDF paratrooper Corporal David Markovitch, who was drafted eight months ago, killed four Hizballah terrorists carrying an anti-tank missile in the village of Ghajar on Israel's northern border on Monday. Markovitch, a trained sniper, aimed at the rocket, which exploded and killed three of the terrorists. He then shot the fourth. (Jerusalem Post)

"A comrade said, 'There's a terrorist,' and I fired. It's all a matter of seconds, the entire business lasted about a minute." "I'm not the hero of the day," Markovitch said. "There were four of us there. One spotted and I shot. It's a team, with a commander. We simply ended up at the center of things....This is what we train for." (Ha'aretz)

MEANWHILE, THE U.N. CAN'T BRING ITSELF TO CONDEMN HIZBALLAH'S AGGRESSION:

UN Council Fails to Agree on Hizballah-Israel Clash - Evelyn Leopold
The UN Security Council failed to agree on how to condemn Monday's clash between Lebanon's Hizballah guerrillas and Israeli forces, mainly because of disputes between the U.S. and Algeria. Pro-Syrian Hizballah guerrillas raided north Israel in an unsuccessful attempt to capture Israeli troops; four Hizballah fighters were killed. Algeria, the only Arab member of the council, objected to putting the blame on Hizballah, according to participants at the consultations. (Reuters)