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Israel jets blast Lebanon

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-17 08:37

Lebanese men evacuated from south Lebanon carry mattresses for their families housed in schools which opened as temporary shelters, in Beirut July 16, 2006. Israeli aircraft pounded areas in south, east and northern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Hizbollah's chief declared an open war against the Jewish state following the bombardment of his stronghold in Beirut. [Reuters]