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| July 20 | Israel Air Force warplanes dropped bombs late Wednesday on a bunker in south Beirut where senior Hezbollah leaders were thought to be, the Israel Defense Forces said.IDF officials said dozens of aircrafts dropped 23 tons of explosives on the bunker. The officials said top Hezbollah figures were thought to be there, possibly including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.The officials said the bunker was in the Bourj al-Barajneh section of southern Beirut.The IDF said the attack occurred about 11 P.M. local time, but reporters in Beirut said the last loud explosion heard there was 2 1/2 hours earlier.Israel has said that one of the objects of its offensive in Lebanon is to eliminate Hezbollah leaders. (www.haaretz.com). The reported overnight attack on Beirut's southern Bourj al-Barajneh neighborhood followed a relatively quiet night in the capital after Wednesday's Israeli airstrike on what the Israeli military believed was a bunker used by senior Hizbullah leaders. The group denied a |
Compiled by 111101 during the war from four live news streams, July–August 2006. Times are Beirut time. Texts are quoted as published, with their source. Sources and method.