Israeli bombing raids struck targets across Lebanon as fighting continued along the south Lebanese border.

Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest barrage of rockets yet into northern Israel, killing at least 15 people, while Israeli bombardment killed at least 14 people in southern Lebanon as fighting only intensified despite a draft UN ceasefire resolution.

Israeli war planes renewed strikes against Beirut’s southern suburbs today and an Israeli missile killed three in the border village of Taibeh, a day after the biggest and deepest rocket attacks yet from Hezbollah.

An Israeli missile hit a house in a Lebanese border village early today, killing a family of three, Lebanese security officials said.

Israeli warplanes and artillery intensified strikes today, hitting Hezbollah positions and crushing houses and roads in towns in southern Lebanon, killing as many as 12 people, officials said.

Israeli warplanes struck three buildings in a village near the market town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon as they renewed attacks on suspected Hezbollah targets today, killing three people and wounding nine, including four children, Lebanese security officials said.

Israeli warplanes staged a series of raids in northern, eastern and southern Lebanon early today, targeting suspected Hezbollah hideouts, striking a Lebanese army base and destroying roads, Lebanese security officials said.

Israeli warplanes hit TV transmission towers today in Lebanon, knocking the nation’s leading private network off the air and cutting phone links to some regions.

Israeli aircraft and artillery pounded southern Lebanon in the early hours of today, apparently focusing on sectors across the border from where Israel’s army has massed tanks and troops ahead of an announced limited ground operation.

Israeli troops fought Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon today, and there were Israeli casualties, the Israeli military said in Jerusalem.

A senior Lebanese army officer has said 4,000 Syrian soldiers – more than a quarter of those serving in Lebanon just a week ago – are back in Syria, but he said a complete withdrawal is nearly a month away at the earliest.