Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a press conference in Beirut, July 12, 2006. Israeli warplanes dropped bombs late Wednesday, July 19, 2006, on a bunker in southern Beirut where senior Hezbollah leaders were thought to be, the military said.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)[Gallery][Videos]

    JERUSALEM, July 19 (Xinhua) -- No one was killed in a late Wednesday air strike on what the Israeli military officials described as a bunker where senior Hezbollah leaders were thought to be, the Lebanese Shiite militant group said.

    In a message broadcast on the group's al-Manar television station, Hezbollah said: "The enemy is trying to cover its military and security failures by lies and inventing accomplishments. The building that was hit was a mosque that was under construction."

    Israel Defense Force (IDF) officials said that dozens of fighter jets participated in the massive air strike on the bunker in southern Beirut's Bourj al-Barajneh quarter, acting on IDF intelligence.

    Intelligence stating that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was staying in the bunker was received Wednesday night, and numerous IDF jets were dispatched to the place shortly after.

    According to army officials, the building itself was completely destroyed and the IDF was checking the results of the strike. Enditem

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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV that his group's fight against Israel just began on July 16, 2006. "Our fight against the enemy is just a beginning," Nasrallah said in the video tape. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    Israel bombs Beirut bunker where Hezbollah leaders are believed to hole up

    JERUSALEM, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes dropped bombs late Wednesday on a bunker in southern Beirut where senior Hezbollah leaders were thought to be, the military said.

    Israel Defense Force (IDF) officials said that dozens of fighter jets participated in the massive air strike on a south Beirut target, acting on IDF intelligence.

    Intelligence stating that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was staying in the bunker was received Wednesday night, and numerous IDF jets were dispatched to the place shortly after.

    Following a brief discussion, IDF officials decided that the information was sufficiently credible to act upon and launch a massive bombardment on the area.

    Hezbollah's al-Manar television channel reported that the planes blasted a building that was under construction in the Bourjal-Barajneh quarter where a Palestinian refugee camp is located.

    According to army officials, the building itself was completely destroyed and the IDF was checking the results of the strike.