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  • ISRAEL / JERUSALEM: Israel convenes security cabinet as forces carry out pinpoint attacks on Hizbollah targets in Lebanon

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ISRAEL / JERUSALEM: Israel convenes security cabinet as forces carry out pinpoint attacks on Hizbollah targets in Lebanon

Israel's political echlon convened in Jerusalem while some Israeli troops crossed just over the border into southern Lebanon on Wednesday (July 19) to carry out localised attacks on Hizbollah guerrilla outposts. An army spokesman described them as restricted, pinpoint attacks and said they were not out of the ordinary. Israeli troops have crossed into southern Lebanon several times in recent days to destroy Hizbollah posts, returning soon afterwards. The army has not ruled out the possibility of a major land offensive at some stage. Israel began air attacks on Lebanon after Hizbollah guerrillas seized two soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid a week ago. Since then, fighting has killed at least 235 people in Lebanon and 25 in Israel.

ITN Source | July 19, 2006Watch more videos from ITN Source

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