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Rockets rain down on Israel
Thousands of troops sweeping through southern Lebanon

(08-03) 04:00 PDT Kiryat Shemona, Israel -- Hezbollah shattered two days of relative calm in northern Israel on Wednesday, spraying the region with more than 230 rockets that set buildings and forests ablaze, wounded at least 33 civilians and killed a man as he rode his bicycle in front of his home.

As Hezbollah launched its largest barrage of the 3-week-old conflict, Israeli forces shelled Lebanese border villages and launched air strikes, while several thousand troops continued their sweep through the south, clashing with Hezbollah in at least 11 towns. Israeli planes hit dozens of targets before dawn today, including strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, the first in nearly a week.

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Hezbollah rockets rain down on Israel

Hezbollah fired more rockets into Israel on Wednesday than on any previous day of the 22-day-old war, after helicopter-borne commandos attacked guerrilla targets in Israel's deepest raid into Lebanon.

Air strikes in support of the helicopter raid in the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in north-eastern Lebanon killed 19 people, including four children.

Olmert Claims Partial Victory as Rockets Rain Down

By HARRYDE QUETTEVILLE - The Daily Telegraph
August 3, 2006

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Olmert claimed yesterday that Israel had "entirely destroyed" Hezbollah's infrastructure in Lebanon.

But as he boasted of Israel's military achievements, Hezbollah unleashed its heaviest one-day bombardment on Israel, sending more than 200 missiles deeper into the country than ever before.

One man was killed in the northern town of Nahariya as he rode his bicycle. More than 20 were wounded as the missiles rained across the north of the country, some reaching some 45 miles into Israel.

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