Israel says that it stands firm on its position to strike Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon until its two kidnapped soldiers have been released from captivity. In a speech to the Knesset , Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said the country wouldn't stop its attacks until they've succeeded in "bringing home the soldiers, complete peace and quiet, removing Hezbollah from the area". Nine people, including six children, have been found dead in a house in the Lebanese town of Tyre . They had reportedly taken shelter from Israeli air raids on Sunday when their house were hit. "What Israel has been doing is cutting the country to pieces", Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora said Monday. He also noted that the Israeli attacks had caused billions of dollars of damage for the country. Israel attacked targets in Beirut, Tripoli and Abdeh on Monday. In the Lebanese capital Beirut, the port and its southern suburbs were bombed. Fuel and gas storage tanks were also set ablaze. A private house was hit by a missile in southern Lebanon when it missed a Hezbollah site. Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed and twelve wounded when Israeli warplanes hit Abdeh in northern Lebanon. Hezbollah again fired missiles at the city of Haifa and other towns in northern Israel Monday. Four people were injured in Haifa when a building partially collapsed, and six more were injured when a missile landed near a hospital in Safed . Several countries have been evacuating their citizens from Lebanon, and French PM Dominique de Villepin is in Beirut where he held talks with his Lebanese counterpart.
Israel says that it stands firm on its position to strike Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon until its two kidnapped soldiers have been released from captivity. In a speech to the , Israeli PM said the country wouldn't stop its attacks until they've succeeded in "bringing home the soldiers, complete peace and quiet, removing Hezbollah from the area". Nine people, including six children, have been found dead in a house in the Lebanese town of . They had reportedly taken shelter from Israeli air raids on Sunday when their house were hit. "What Israel has been doing is cutting the country to pieces", Lebanese PM said Monday. He also noted that the Israeli attacks had caused billions of dollars of damage for the country. Israel attacked targets in Beirut, , and on Monday. In the Lebanese capital Beirut, the port and its southern suburbs were bombed. Fuel and gas storage tanks were also set ablaze. A private house was hit by a missile in southern Lebanon when it missed a Hezbollah site. Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed and twelve wounded when Israeli warplanes hit Abdeh in northern Lebanon. Hezbollah again fired missiles at the city of and other towns in northern Israel Monday. Four people were injured in Haifa when a building partially collapsed, and six more were injured when a missile landed near a hospital in . Several countries have been evacuating their citizens from Lebanon, and French PM is in Beirut where he held talks with his Lebanese counterpart.
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Knesset
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Ehud Olmert
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Tyre
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Fouad Siniora
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Tripoli and Abdeh
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Haifa
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Safed
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Dominique de Villepin