11. A Saudi billionaire has offered to pay the full cost of rebuilding two Beirut power stations that were badly damaged by Israeli airstrikes, according to a statement Saturday. 12. Blackened trees stood as testimony to Israeli airstrikes near the Awali River Bridge, where Lebanese watched an army diver search the water Friday for unexploded missiles. 13. But the detentions did not target the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, whose attacks this week on Israeli army outposts have provoked several Israeli airstrikes. 14. Dahlan has lost six of his seven compounds in Gaza to Israeli airstrikes, and has been running what is left of his operation long-distance from Ramallah. 15. Fifty-seven people in Lebanon were wounded in the nine Israeli airstrikes that began late Thursday. 16. Fifteen civilians were reported wounded in the Israeli airstrikes. 17. Forty-five others were wounded in eight Israeli airstrikes, three of which targeted a power facility on a hill overlooking Beirut, the Lebanese capital. 18. Guerrillas renewed their attacks on Israeli positions on the south Lebanon border Monday, provoking Israeli airstrikes and an artillery bombardment. 19. Hezbollah guerrillas on Tuesday killed an Israeli soldier -- the sixth in two weeks -- only hours after Israeli airstrikes cut electricity across parts of Lebanon. 20. However, there was concern in the armed forces that Israeli airstrikes against power stations and other facilities would lead to an escalation of the conflict. |