04 August 2006
12 Israelis die; Sheik threatens to bomb Tel Aviv
MAALOT-TARSHIHA, Israel The Lebanese militia Hezbollah killed 12 Israelis - 8 civilians and 4 soldiers - on Thursday, making it Israel’s deadliest day in more than three weeks of conflict. As Israeli troops tried to create a narrow buffer zone inside Lebanon and bombed southern Beirut, Hezbollah’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, warned
14 July 2006
Slideshow: Israel offensive on Beirut
Israeli warships and aircraft were clamping down on Lebanon’s air, sea and land infrastructure on Friday, three days after Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. Israeli warplanes destroyed a building housing the headquarters of Hezbollah guerrillas in south Beirut late Friday, AP reported.
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