Israeli warplanes hit Beirut suburbs
Israeli war planes renewed strikes against Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday for the first time in nearly a week and an Israeli missile killed three in a border village, a day after Hezbollah launched its biggest rocket attacks yet against Israel. Three weeks into the conflict, six Israeli brigades — or roughly 10,000 troops — were locked in fighting with hundreds of Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, and the battle looked likely to be bitter and long. Full Story