Mapping the war - just FYI
If you actually interested to know where all these places in news are located - you can look at UNIFIL map of south Lebanon
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/unifil.pdf
http://www.bintjbeil.com/E/unifilmap.html
It also helps to understand why it is not so easy to clean the place from guerilla fighters in less than a month. It's not quite small. It is populated. And keep in mind that it is also not a desert, but hills.
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/unifil.pdf
http://www.bintjbeil.com/E/unifilmap.html
It also helps to understand why it is not so easy to clean the place from guerilla fighters in less than a month. It's not quite small. It is populated. And keep in mind that it is also not a desert, but hills.