1.   Plumes of black smoke billowed from the stricken targets, but there was no word on casualties.

2.   Black smoke billowed sky high from stricken targets as the jets, which released missile-deflecting heat balloons, retreated south toward Israel.

3.   Black smoke rose from the stricken targets but no casualties were immediately reported, Lebanese security officials said.

4.   Black smoke rose from the stricken targets but there was no immediate word on casualties, said Lebanese security officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

5.   From the roofs of high-rise buildings in the center of Beirut, residents could see smoke billowing from the stricken targets.

6.   Smoke could be seen billowing from the stricken targets at Lueizeh, just across from an Israeli-occupied border strip in southern Lebanon.