Israeli Aircraft Attack Central Beirut
Israeli Aircraft Attack Central Beirut for 1st Time in Offensive, As Rockets Pour Into Israel
The Associated Press
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Witnesses said Israeli aircraft attacked central Beirut Saturday for the first time in a four-day offensive, striking a lighthouse and the capital's seaport.
In Lebanon's northernmost city, Tripoli, witnesses said Israeli helicopters carried out the deepest strike yet into Lebanon, firing four missiles into the city's port area and hitting grain silos.
The Tripoli port is the country's second-largest, after Beirut's.
Israel has imposed a sea, air and land blockade of Lebanon, targeting bridges, roads, the international airport and now ports in response to a raid by Hezbollah militants into Israel that captured two soldiers and killed eight.
Police said 106 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Lebanon.
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