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LEBANON: Israeli strikes continue as citizens flee and Lebanese army captain is buried following overnight bombing

Israeli strikes continued in Beirut on Wednesday as The United States and other nations were plucking their citizens from Lebanon. Thousands fled Israeli air raids any way they could. Nine military ships, including a helicopter carrier and a dock landing ship, and thousands of Marines and sailors were involved in the U.S. operation, U.S. officials said. More than 2,400 Americans are to be evacuated by air and sea on Wednesday out of a total of 8,000 to be brought out. Meanwhile the funeral has taken place for Lebanese Army Captain Georges Harfoush who was killed in overnight raids on Lebanese Army Posts in southern Beirut. Israel unleashed fierce air strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 49 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter, while Israeli ground troops crossed the border to raid Hizbollah posts and Hizbollah television said three Israeli soldiers had been killed and 10 wounded in clashes with Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas. Israel attacked Lebanon after Hizbollah fighters seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid on July 12. Hizbollah rocket strikes have killed 13 civilians in Israel. Lebanon's tourist season was approaching its height when the conflict erupted, stranding thousands of surprised foreigners.

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