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Israeli planes renew attacks on Lebanon

NABATIYEH (Lebanon): Israeli warplanes attacked the outskirts of a village in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a Reuters correspondent said.

He saw the jets fire two rockets near Maifadoun, a village facing the central sector of the Israeli occupied zone. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

It was the second day of Israeli attacks against suspected guerrilla positions in Lebanon. On Monday, Israeli shelling from the occupation zone killed two people and wounded three.

The attack followed a day of heavy air attacks by Israel, including repeated bombings of positions near the Syrian border held by Damascus-based Palestinian groups.

The strikes also targeted suspected positions of the Lebanese Hizbollah, a Syrian and Iranian-backed guerrilla group fighting to end Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon.-Reuters