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Wednesday, 12 July 2006

(CBS/AP) A bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Thursday, witnesses said. The Israeli military confirmed the attack, noting that the Palestinian Foreign Ministry is "led by Hamas." The strike comes as Israeli warplanes blasted bridges and roads in southern Lebanon Wednesday, trying to pin down Hezbollah fighters who crossed the border and snatched two Israeli soldiers. In Gaza, the bomb collapsed the building and caused widespread destruction in the area. The Palestinian foreign minister is Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar. At least three people were injured in the strike, which took place after 1:30 a.m. The injured were in neighboring buildings, and it was not known if anyone was in the ministry at the time. Ambulances and rescue services were racing to the scene. Houses and cars in the area were badly damaged by the force of the blast, and the third and fourth floor of the foreign ministry building were destroyed. Israel has been waging a two-week offensive in Gaza after Hamas-linked militants carried out a cross-border raid, killing two Israeli soldiers and capturing a third. Early Wednesday, an Israeli aircraft dropped a quarter-ton bomb on a house in Gaza City where Hamas commanders were meeting. The killed a Palestinian family of nine — including seven children, reports CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan. "As bodies were pulled from the rubble here, you could feel the crowd, the anger of the crowd," Logan said in an exclusive report from the scene. In Lebanon, guerrillas dug in for a heavier assault as their supporters celebrated the dramatic raid. But some were showing reluctance over being dragged into a fight between Hezbollah and Israel — a sign the Shiite Muslim guerrilla group could risk alienating some Lebanese with an operation aimed at winning the long-sought release of prisoners. This is the first time Israeli troops have conducted a major combat operation on Lebanese soil since Israel withdrew from the areas six years ago, reports Logan. Some Israelis say the Hezbollah attack could provide Israel with a legitimate reason to take action against Hezbollah. Hezbollah fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers fanned out at the border village of Rmeish, across the frontier from where the soldiers were captured and where a few dozen Israel troops crossed into Lebanon as part of Israel's retaliation. With some Lebanese hunkering down in their homes in expectation of even heavier bombardment, the leader of the guerrilla group vowed that Israeli military action would never win the release of the two soldiers, calling the idea "an illusion." "We have no intention to escalate or to start a war. But if the enemy seeks that they will pay a price. We are ready for a confrontation to the extreme," a confident and relaxed-looking Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told reporters in south Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold. It is not clear whether Hezbollah, a Shiite group, coordinated their attacks with Hamas, which is Sunni, says CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon, but Hezbollah’s action give Hamas just what it needs: a second front for Israel. Both groups are similar, Simon reports, in their aim of wiping Israel off the map. In related developments: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday called for an end to escalating violence in the Middle East and demanded the immediate release of two Israeli soldiers taken captive by Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon. "I condemn without reservations the (cross-border) attack" by Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon and "demand that Israeli troops be released immediately," Annan said after a meeting in Rome with Premier Romano Prodi. A Hamas militant leader who has topped Israel's most-wanted list for a decade was badly wounded and underwent four hours of spinal surgery Wednesday after an Israeli F-16 warplane dropped a quarter-ton bomb that killed nine members of one family, security officials said. The top fugitive, Mohammed Deif, could end up paralyzed, Palestinian security officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss his condition. Wednesday's blast marked the army's fourth attempt to kill Deif, held responsible for suicide bombings in Israel. In a 2002 missile strike, he lost an eye.

 

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