Israel launches new airstrikes on Beirut

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.

Three weeks into the conflict, six Israeli brigades – or roughly 10,000 troops - were in south Lebanon locked in fighting with hundreds of Hezbollah guerrillas, and the battle looked likely to be bitter and long.