Lebanon pleads for ceasefire as Israeli raids kill 33

ISRAELI warplanes intensified air strikes and launched a new commando raid in south Lebanon yesterday, killing at least 33 people in one of the heaviest tolls in days.

Lebanon pleads for ceasefire as Israeli raids kill 33

Lebanon’s prime minister, choking back tears, pleaded for a ceasefire but demanded that any UN-drafted plan require a full Israeli withdrawal.

The Lebanese death toll included at least 10 people killed last night in a missile attack on a southern Beirut suburb, considered a Hezbollah stronghold. At least three Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in southern Lebanon.

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