Three Weeks


Hizbollah rockets hit Israel; Lebanon bridges bombed

Bridge bombing paralyzes Lebanon aid pipeline

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel's overnight bombing of highway bridges in northern Lebanon and strikes at a Hizbollah stronghold in south Beirut paralyzed aid convoys on Friday and relief workers warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Israeli jets destroyed three bridges on the main coastal highway linking Beirut to Syria, stalling an eight-truck convoy carrying food, shelter material and other aid to the estimated 900,000 Lebanese displaced by the three-week-old war.

Astrid van Genderen Stort, senior information officer for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said the bombing had shut down the major relief pipeline for supplies traveling to the hardest-hit areas in the south.

Its now been over three weeks and what has Israel got to show for it? Plenty of dead Lebanese. This is tragic and things can only get much worse, considering at least 25 farm workers, including many Kurds and Syrians have been killed today.

There are also 300,000 Lebanese children who have been displaced by Israel's three-week war against Hizbollah.


A Palestinian woman holds a Lebanese flag during a rally supporting Hizbollah in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 3, 2006. Israeli jets pounded Lebanon and troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas on Thursday while world powers struggled for a plan to end a war which Beirut said has killed 900 people and wounded 3,000. (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES)

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