Israel strikes Beirut suburb
Israeli jets destroyed roads and junctions in Hizbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold on Friday hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered a more intense response to the group’s capture of two Israeli soldiers. Three people were killed and 20 wounded in the pre-dawn raids on the Shi’ite Muslim suburb, security sources said. Shops and buildings were damaged and dozens of cars wrecked in the district, home to hundreds of thousands of people. Full Story