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Israel Has Torn Lebanon To Shreds
(BBC, 19 July 2006)
Fouad Siniora said more than 300 people had been killed and 500,000 others displaced in a week of Israeli attacks. . . . More than 60 civilians died in fresh air strikes as two Israeli soldiers and a Hezbollah militant died in clashes. . . . Barrages of Hezbollah rockets have been fired into northern Israel, where two children were killed in Nazareth. . . . Twenty-nine Israelis have died - including 15 civilians killed by rocket attacks - since the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah militants began eight days ago. . . . Many thousands continue to flee Lebanon, and several countries have sent ships and helicopters to move their nationals. . . . In an emotional televised appeal, the Lebanese prime minister urged the international community to intervene. . . . "I call upon you all to respond immediately... and provide urgent international humanitarian assistance to our war-stricken country," Mr Siniora said. . . . "Can the international community stand by while such callous retribution by the state of Israel is inflicted on us?" . . . He vowed to make Israel pay compensation to Lebanon for the "barbaric destruction". . . . Wednesday saw further Israeli strikes in the east, south and Beirut, where a Christian district came under fire for the first time. . . . At least 12 people were killed in a southern village near the city of Tyre and civilian deaths were also reported in other parts of the south and near Baalbek in the east. . . . The strikes came as Israeli ground troops continued what they call "restricted pinpoint attacks" into southern Lebanon. . . . Heavy exchanges of fire erupted after Israeli tanks and infantry crossed the border in search of Hezbollah weapons and facilities. . . . For their part, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israeli cities including Haifa and Tiberias.

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