31.   Israeli artillery retaliated by pounding villages facing the zone, police said.

32.   Lebanese police said eight civilians were also injured when Israeli forces and the SLA retaliated by firing dozens of shells at a string of villages facing the zone.

33.   Retaliatory shelling started fires in woods and valleys near Majdal Zoun village facing the zone.

34.   SLA gunners retaliated by pounding the Kfarhune village facing the zone, where Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas are entrenched.