Middle East Conflict

Mideast conflict escalates

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-14 09:02
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Mideast conflict escalates


Fire rises from fuel tanks at Beirut international airport after being attacked by Israeli aircrafts July 13, 2006. Israel struck Beirut airport and Hizbollah's television station on Thursday and killed 22 civilians in raids on south Lebanon, intensifying its reprisals after Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight. [Reuters]