Israeli Border Strike ‘Kills 26′

Friday, August 4th, 2006 by RLR

From The BBC News

An Israeli air strike near Lebanon’s north-eastern border with Syria has killed at least 26 people and injured about 20, Lebanese officials have said.

Israeli planes also struck bridges in mainly Christian areas north of Beirut, while a raid in southern Lebanon killed seven people, security sources said.

Hezbollah fired 190 rockets into Israel, killing three civilians. Late on Friday, rockets hit near the city of Hadera, 80km (50 miles) inside Israel, Israeli police said. This is the furthest south Hezbollah has struck since the conflict began three weeks ago.

Police and witnesses said one or two rockets landed in open land and there were no reports of casualties.

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