"Attacks continue

Israel is continuing to pound targets across Lebanon, with no sign that its attacks on Hezbollah and civilian installations are nearing an end.

The latest Israeli air strikes have hit port facilities in Beirut and Lebanon's second biggest city, Tripoli.

There have also been attacks on roads and bridges leading to border crossings with Syria.

The Israeli army says Lebanon's transport facilities are being targeted to prevent Hezbollah importing missiles.

The Israelis say more than 70 rockets have been fired into northern Israel in the past 24 hours.

In a television address earlier, the Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora pleaded for the United Nations to intervene.

"We've worked and we're still working on recovering from the Israeli invasion since 1982, 1993 and 1996, and here comes Israeli sabotage again," he said.

"I declare Lebanon a ravaged country, which needs an Arab international rising plan to fix all that was destroyed by the Israeli aggression."

Mr Siniora repeated his demand for an immediate cease-fire.


Peace process 'dead'

The President of the Arab League has declared the Middle East peace process is "dead" as foreign ministers met in an emergency session in Cairo.

The ministers unanimously condemned the Israeli offensive in Lebanon and called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene.

Israeli Government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says Israel is determined to crush Hezbollah.

"They're targeting the civilians [in Israel] on purpose, they're making the Israelis sit in the bomb shelters," she said.

"We can't let Hezbollah be the ones who define what's going to happen.

"We have to, we are determined to make sure that at the end of this was Hezbollah will not rule the south, will not have our kidnapped soldiers and will not be an armed force inside Lebanon."

In Beirut, many people feel Israel's attacks have undone years of progress after Lebanon's civil war.

But Israelis in the northern town of Nahariya say the military must stop Hezbollah from firing rockets across the border.

"We are behind the Army, we support everything they're doing because there is not another way," one said."

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