"In Al Ghaziye, Lebanon, a mostly Shiite town south of Sidon, residents buried nine people killed two days ago when houses there were shelled. Among the dead were the members of the Khalife family: Mahmoud, a pharmacist; his wife, Ibtisam; and their three children, Hussein, 12, Fatima, 5, and Ahmad, 3. The bodies were first brought to a Husseiniyeh, a Shiite religious center, for the ritual washing. Inside the mosque, most of the furniture had been pushed aside or stacked on a balcony to make room for the bodies. The bodies were then transported in a gray van to the town cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean. Few mourners gathered, and those who did were distracted by worries about Israeli airstrikes during the service. When the small body of Fatima arrived, a man asked the imam, “Can we bury her next to her brother?” “Yes,” he said. “It makes little difference.”" (Notice the phrase "were shelled." By whom, o New York Times. By whom?)