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By Dahr Jamail
Inter Press Service
Saturday 15 July 2006
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Lebanon-Syria Border - Refugees fleeing Beirut in the face of Israeli air attacks are speaking of "haphazard bombings"
and a crisis situation developing in the city.
Israeli warplanes bombed the suburbs of Beirut overnight, killing three people and wounding 55, according to Lebanese
police. Residents reported at least four Israeli missile strikes early Friday morning. The Lebanese military responded
with anti-aircraft fire.
According to reports from Beirut, a bridge in the area was hit, along with the main highway to the airport. Lebanese
police report that a fuel storage tank at a power station on the coast was destroyed in the air strikes, while Hezbollah
targets near Hermel close to the Syrian border were targeted.
Israeli military officials reported that Hezbollah fighters fired more than 100 rockets into northern Israel Thursday,
killing two people and wounding 92. Some rockets struck Haifa, Israel's third largest city.
"The government has authorized the army to press on with its operation in Lebanon and hit more targets," an Israeli
government official said. That was after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered his army to continue its operations
in Lebanon.
No immediate end to the fighting appeared in sight.
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