1. NINE SOLDIERS KILLED; CABINET TO DISCUSS WIDENING FIGHTING IN
LEBANON.
General Staff assessment: Hizbullah Deputy Secy.-Gen. hurt in Tyre
bombing.
2. „WHOEVER CANNOT DEFEND HIS FREEDOM – DOES NOT DESERVE IT,” SAID
REGIMENT COMMANDER.
3. TWENTY-THREE PALESTINIANS KILLED, INCLUDING THREE TODDLERS, IN IDF
ACTION IN GAZA.
HATZOFEH
1. Eight IDF soldiers killed and 17 wounded in battle with Hizbullah
fighters.
DEADLY AMBUSH IN BINT JBEIL.
Over 200 terrorists barricaded themselves in previously-prepared
hideouts. War materiel found everywhere after battle, in public
buildings such as mosques. Hizbullah detonated charges against
advancing troops and fired anti-tank rockets at armored forces.
Evacuation of wounded took long time.
2. SOLDIER KILLED IN MAROUN A-RAS BATTLE.
3. HIZBULLAH – NETANYA IS NEXT KATYUSHA TARGET.
MA’ARIV
1. Nine soldiers killed and 20 wounded in day of fighting in southern
Lebanon.
TOUGHEST BATTLE.
Started at 05:00. Golani Brigade soldiers entered deep into Bint Jbeil
when withering fire was opened on them. In bitter fighting that lasted
six hours, scores of Hizbullah personnel were killed but IDF paid heavy
price – eight dead and 20 wounded. Paratroop lieutenant killed in
additional clash in Maroun al-Ras.
2. HIZBULLAH THREATENS: „NETANYA IS ALSO IN OUR SIGHTS.”
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Black day in Lebanon: Nine dead in battles with Hizbullah.
SENIOR IDF SOURCE: WE WILL ERASE VILLAGES THAT FIRE MISSILES.
Cabinet ministers meeting today in order to discuss expanding the
fighting in Lebanon. Senior IDF sources: We can break Hizbullah by
clearing the ground and through massive use of fire and force. If it
does not work, we will have to occupy beyond southern Lebanon.
2. ARRESTED: PROFESSOR OF ESPIONAGE.
Ohio University geography professor, of Bedouin origin, suspected of
spying on behalf of Hizbullah, Syria and Iran.
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Both papers comment on various issues related to the war in the north,
including yesterday’s fighting in Bint Jbeil:
Yediot Ahronot says that, „Reality has cast expectations in their true
light.” The editors call for unity and urge that more attention be paid
to efforts to find a diplomatic solution.
Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, says that the Israeli and
Lebanese governments have a clear set of common interests and calls on
Jerusalem to try to reach a package deal with Beirut that would ensure,
„a strong Lebanese Government and a weak Hizbullah.” The editors
criticize Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s remarks to the effect that the
home front will determine the pace of events as, „nonsense.”
Yediot Ahronot, in its third editorial, believes that both the
Government and Hizbullah are fighting over honor and commends Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak’s statement that, „The time of foreign
adventures is over.”
Hatzofeh notes that the Golani Brigade unit that was involved in
yesterday’s deadly clash in Bint Jbeil had previously served in the
former Gush Katif.
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