31. In one sortie, the aircraft hit a mosque compound in Gaza City as Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the powerful spiritual guide of Hamas, prayed inside. 32. A guard and the pilot also died when the aircraft hit a tree while attempting an emergency landing following a technical snag. 33. Three Apache helicopters on Thursday fired missiles at Hezbollah offices in the Beirut suburbs while other Israeli aircraft hit south Lebanon and the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley. 34. Most of the damage was done when Israeli aircraft hit two power plants outside Beirut. |