The Hierarchy of War Deaths

NY Times, paragraphs 1 and 2:

Israel suffered its worst casualties in southern Lebanon today since the current conflict with Hezbollah started, as thousands of Israeli troops there fought house to house, and village to village, in an attempt to create a buffer zone that Israel hoped would be filled by a multinational peacekeeping force.

At least eight Israeli soldiers were killed and many were wounded in the ground battles, according to unofficial reports from military officers, who were not yet authorized to speak publicly about casualties and had not yet received a full account of the day’s toll.

NY Times, paragraph 8:

Today, Israeli air strikes and ground fire killed at least 12 Palestinians, most of them militants, but also a small girl, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Most of the deaths were in the eastern part of Gaza City, and more than 20 people were injured.

I read the article four times and did not see any mention of Lebanese casualties, Hezbollah or otherwise.

This makes me crazy.

Edited to add: CNN is just as bad. I don't dare check out Fox. OK, I dared, and Fox is actually much better. The top headlines on the homepage (which I'm not linking to because obviously it will change, and the headlines are different on the articles themselves) are "Hezbollah Digs In, Israel Battles On" and "Deadly Day in Gaza: 23 Palestinians killed in action." MSNBC has "Israeli army battling sophisticated enemy in Hezbollah guerillas" and "Israel bombing new targets." Interesting.