About 120 Hezbollah rockets hit Israel on Friday
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-12 05:50:43

    JERUSALEM, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah guerillas fired about 120 rockets onto northern Israel on Friday, wounding 11 Israelis, rescuers said.

    Israel's rescue service Magen David Adom said among the injured, a woman sustained moderate wounds and 10 people were lightly wounded, adding that 34 were also treated for shock.

    Meanwhile, the Israeli army said that an Israeli soldier was moderately injured in clashes with Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese village of Rajminin on Friday.

    Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the army on Friday to expand ground operations in south Lebanon.

    Currently, about 10,000 Israeli troops are operating in south Lebanon and have been engaged in fierce confrontations with Hezbollah guerillas.

    Israel stepped up its massive offensive in Lebanon as Hezbollah continued showering Israel with rockets.

    Violence between the two sides erupted on July 12 when Hezbollah guerillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight during cross-border attacks. Enditem

Editor: Yan Zhonghua
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