31.  However, Israeli planes frequently target Hezbollah hideouts deep inside Lebanon.

32.  His successor Ehud Barak, who backs accelerating peace talks frozen by Netanyahu, kept his counsel Thursday as Israeli planes knocked out infrastructure targets in Beirut.

33.  In Israel, an army spokesman denied any Israeli planes were targeted.

34.  In Jerusalem, a military spokesman said Israeli planes carried out the raids and all aircraft returned safely to base.

35.  In Israel, an army statement said Israeli planes attacked targets in southern Lebanon in response to the bombing.

36.  Israeli planes and airports maintain unusually tight security controls.

37.  Israeli planes bomb Lebanon as guerrillas clash with Israelis.

38.  Israeli planes flew over the city again about two hours later, but broke no sound barriers.

39.  Israeli planes have raided suspected bases of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrilla group in southern Lebanon each day since Sunday.

40.  Israeli planes late Tuesday struck deep into Lebanon, firing missiles at a building adjacent to a mosque in Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon.