Sunday, July 16, 2006
This Washington Post article is actually pretty decent in laying the facts out, although the logic behind Israel's actions isn't really presented: Israel Batters Lebanese Seaports, Roads; Hezbollah Rockets Kill 8 in Haifa
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Waves of warplanes thundering through the darkness bombed Beirut's southern suburbs for hours early Sunday, and Hezbollah rocket attacks killed at least eight people in Israel's third largest city.
A barrage of rockets pounded the northern Israeli city of Haifa in the worst strike on Israel since violence broke out along the border with Lebanon last week. One of the rockets hit a storage room at the train station, killing eight people, Israeli police said. Many more people were wounded.
Some of the rockets landed near an oil refinery and gas storage tanks. Rockets also hit the northern towns of Acco and Nahariya, and residents were told to head to bomb shelters...
