Israeli Aircraft Continues Attacking Lebanon

ArmRadio.am
17.07.2006 12:18

Israel has extended its air campaign to northernmost Lebanon, killing
at least 14 people, including eight soldiers, in the port of Abdeh
near Tripoli.

The raids come after a Hezbollah rocket attack killed eight Israelis
in Haifa. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that the Haifa
attack would have "far reaching consequences".

More than 130 Lebanese have died since clashes with Israel began
last week. At least 23 people were killed in air raids in southern
Lebanon on Sunday.

Early on Monday, Israeli air strikes targeted Tripoli, Lebanon’s
second-largest city located in the north of the country, and Baalbek
in the east.

Beirut’s port also came under attack, and a large area of the docks
was set on fire. Ten Lebanese soldiers were reported injured in the
strike that killed eight of their colleagues. The Israeli military
said it had been targeting radar stations in Abdeh because they were
used by Hezbollah to hit an Israeli ship on Friday, the Associated
Press news agency reported. At least six other people were reported
killed in Israeli raids in central and eastern Lebanon. Twelve Israeli
civilians have been killed by Hezbollah rockets since fighting began
on Wednesday, including the eight killed in Haifa.

The Israeli air strikes began after Hezbollah seized two Israeli
soldiers during a raid into Israel on Wednesday.

Editor-in-Chief of the Lebanon based "Azdak" newspaper Shahan
Kandaharyan told "Radiolur" there are no Armenians among the dead
and injured. He said also that different from Arabs, Armenians are
not rushing to leave the country.