Israelis clash with militia inside Lebanon - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune

Israel has gone to far this time.

My hunch is, it won't be the last time, if they are allowed to get away with this.

Israelis clash with militia inside Lebanon - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune:

Israelis clash with militia inside Lebanon

BEIRUT Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants clashed inside Lebanon Wednesday, as new air and artillery strikes killed 55 people, the highest toll in the conflict so far.

The Israeli air force and navy shelled targets in and around Beirut, including a residential neighborhood in the Lebanese capital, and bombed civilian infrastructure through the country. In southern Lebanon, 21 people from a single village were killed during an airstrike.

Since the Israeli assault began last week, according to the Lebanese government, more than 310 Lebanese, mostly civilians, died in Israel's attempt to crush Hezbollah's military capacity in Lebanon and gain the release of two kidnapped soldiers.

The Lebanese government once again called for an immediate cease-fire and said it was facing a humanitarian crisis. A government representative said that Lebanese had two months' worth of essential supplies, but that some regions were essentially cut off from the rest of the country.

In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had 'serious questions' about Israel's assault, citing the large numbers of Lebanese civilians killed and the extensive damage to the country's infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched about 120 rockets into Israel, firing constant waves of Katyushas and various rockets against Northern Israel towns, including Haifa, Kiriyat-Shmona, Tiberias, and Carmiel. Rockets fired by Hezbollah also killed two children in the northern city of Nazareth, home to the country's largest Arab community, medics said.