Actualité - Israelis Kill 47 Lebanese Civilians
Beirut, July 13 (Prensa Latina) - At least 47 civilians were killed and more than one hundred wounded in the last few hours by Israeli air strikes against Lebanon.
Local medical sources estimate that the death toll will escalate as Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday, blasting Beirut's international airport and the southern part of the country in its heaviest offensive against the neighboring country in 24 years.
Air raids on Beirut's airport came hours before Tel Aviv imposed an air and naval blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to militants.
Warplanes struck three runways, leaving a large crater and seven smaller holes, airport officials said.
Israel's General Staff Chief Dan Halutz warned on Thursday that Tel Aviv´s air force is prepared to strike anywhere in Lebanon, including the capital of Beirut.
According to Beirut Voice radio station, Israeli aircraft and artillery targeted roads and bridges, as well as houses. A bridge on the main highway between Beirut and southern Lebanon was hit by bombs that left huge craters, blocking traffic.
The Israeli air raids also struck deep inside eastern Lebanon, hitting a civic center attached to a Shiite Muslim mosque near the town of Baalbek, and blasting the Khardali Bridge on the Litani River, 10 miles north of the Lebanese-Israeli border, witnesses said.
Israeli began its air raids on Lebanon on Wednesday with the pretext of releasing two of its soldiers captured by the Hezbollah militia.
Also Thursday, France called the Israeli attacks against Lebanon disproportionate, but refrained from condemning Tel Aviv.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora met with ambassadors of those countries, which are members of the UN Security Council in Beirut, to explain the current situation of his country.
(Prensa Latina News Agency)
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