Israeli warplanes pound Lebanon
(AP)
Updated: 2006-07-28 19:29
Jerusalem - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at dozens of targets across
southern Lebanon overnight Friday, including buildings that were reduced to
rubble and a Hezbollah base where long-range rockets were stored, the military
said.
Meanwhile in Malaysia, US Secretary of State condoleezza Rice said she will
return to the Middle East to meet with Israeli officials to try to bring an end
to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which has entered its third week.
Rice didn't say when she would return, but she had been expected to return to
the region this weekend.
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Smoke billows on the outskirts of the village
of Qlaia, next to the town of Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon, Thursday,
July 27, 2006, after an Israeli attack. Israeli warplanes renewed attacks
on suspected Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Friday, killing at
least one person and wounding four others, Lebanese security officials
said. [AP]
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was also en route to Washington where his
spokesman said he would seek a UN resolution to resolve the conflict during
talks with US President Bush. The spokesman, who spoke on customary condition of
anonymity, said Britain hoped a UN resolution could be in place by next week.
Israeli defense forces said aircraft hit a total of 130 targets in Lebanon on
Thursday and early Friday, including a Hezbollah base in the Bekaa Valley, where
long-range rockets were stored, and 57 Hezbollah structures, six missile
launching sites and six communication facilities.
Israeli jets fired missiles at a three-story building near the southern
Lebanon market town of Nabatiyeh, destroying the building and killing a
Jordanian man who was hit by shrapnel in a nearby home, Lebanese security
officials.
The building housed a construction company believed to be owned by a
Hezbollah activist, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they
were not authorized to talk with the media. The strike also wounded four
children nearby, they said.
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