11.   Heavy artillery duels continued at Shali, the focal point of Chechen resistance, and Russian artillery also bombarded the town of Gudermes on Monday.

12.   In retaliation, Israeli artillery bombarded locations near the villages of Arnoun and Yohmor, firing at a rhythm of two shells per minute, police said.

13.   Israeli artillery meanwhile bombarded the valley with two shells a minute.

14.   Israeli artillery also bombarded Hezbollah strongholds, including four villages.

15.   Israeli artillery bombarded an area opposite the site of the attack at Izziyeh and Beaufort Castle at the rate of one shell per minute for an hour.

16.   Earlier, Lebanese police said that Israeli artillery on Saturday bombarded the Iqlim at-Touffah hills, a Hezbollah bastion.

17.   Elsewhere in the republic, Russian artillery bombarded the Chechen town of Achkhoi Martan overnight Tuesday, killing two children and wounding two people.

18.   Israeli artillery bombarded Hezbollah strongholds after the operation.

19.   Lebanese police said meanwhile that Israeli artillery on Saturday bombarded the Iqlim at-Touffah hills, a Hezbollah bastion.

20.   Meanwhile northern artillery bombarded Aden airport and surrounding area in an attempt to prevent it being used as a base for southern warplanes.