| "Hey, look! See? It's the Zionist threat! Youse can't disarm us!" |
| They got four extra rifles to hand out ... |
 Hezbollah rockets blasted Israeli army outposts and Israel's warplanes and shells hit guerrilla targets Monday in a sharp escalation of violence linked to political upheaval in Lebanon. The fighting was the first major cross-border conflict in five months and the heaviest between the two sides in more than three years. Witnesses in southern Lebanon said heavy exchanges lasted for two hours in the evening and continued intermittently into the night as Hezbollah guerrillas fired truck-mounted rockets at Israeli army positions. Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike late Monday night, Lebanese security officials reported.
Hezbollah guerrillas blamed Israel but the Jewish state said Hezbollah attacked first and with the backing of supporters in Syria and Iran. Four guerrillas were killed and several Israeli soldiers wounded, according to accounts from both sides. |