51.   They rolled their bed sheets and left the concrete underground shelter, discontent evident on their faces.

52.   Thousands of people have left their homes, and those who remain have been confined to underground shelters as Hezbollah has intensifed its rocket fire into Israel in response.

53.   With a truce seemingly in place, Michal and Daniel Malka returned to their home in northern Israel after spending two weeks in an underground shelter.

54.   However, civilians were taking to underground shelters, anticipating an attack.

55.   Iran has denied US reports that it was building underground shelters for military equipment along the Gulf, the official news agency IRNA reported Friday.

56.   Loudspeakers in office buildings and street corners ordered all traffic to stop and pedestrians and workers to run into underground shelters.

57.   Most of those who have stayed are living in underground shelters.

58.   Residents of northwest Israel, meanwhile, reported muffled explosions coming from south Lebanon, prompting residents of several border towns to seek protection in underground shelters.

59.   Radio stations interrupted programs with announcements telling motorists to pull their vehicles over to the roadside and the public to head for underground shelters.

60.   Residents of several Israeli towns on the Israel-Lebanon border sought protection in underground shelters after hearing a series of blasts.