ISRAEL said yesterday it had destroyed most of the military positions of Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas along its northern border in the heaviest fighting since it ended its 18-year occupation of Southern Lebanon.

A test has shown activity in both lobes of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s brain, but he remains comatose and in critical but stable condition, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem said today.

A third explosion has been reported in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva.

Two buses exploded in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva today, wounding at least 15 people, rescue officials said.