Middle East Conflict
Mideast conflict escalates
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-14 09:02
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of their comrade Nimrod Cohen, 19, during his funeral in Jerusalem July 13, 2006. Hizbollah guerrillas from Lebanon fired barrages of rockets into nearly 20 towns across northern Israel on Thursday, killing one civilian and wounding 42 others in their heaviest bombardment in a decade.[Reuters]