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Israel intensifies barrage of Lebanon, killing more than 274 people

Smoke from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district is visible Monday from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon. (Hussein Malla / Associated Press)

Smoke from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district is visible Monday from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon. (Hussein Malla / Associated Press)

BEIRUT —  Amid the threat of a wider Middle East war, Israeli warplanes pounded towns and villages in Lebanon on Monday, conducting airstrikes on what the Israeli military said were more than 1100 Hezbollah targets.

The strikes killed more than 274 people, including 39 women, 21 children and two ambulance workers, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said in a news conference. Another 1,024 people were wounded, he said.

Hezbollah responded by lobbying dozens of rockets into Israel, some reaching as far as Haifa. Hezbollah said it was targeting military bases and a weapons manufacturing company.

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Author: Nabih Bulos,Foreign Correspondent

Source: Los Angeles Times

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