51.  Hezbollah pounded the same area with mortar fire on Tuesday, prompting Israeli artillery retaliation on suspected Hezbollah positions north of the security zone, officials said.

52.  Hundreds of government soldiers mounted the fresh onslaught against Tigers and were reported to be moving on two fronts against suspected positions of the rebels.

53.  In retaliation, Israeli warplanes and Cobra helicopters raided suspected Hezbollah positions in the Iqlim al-Tuffah, a stronghold of the Shiite Moslem fundamentalist group.

54.  Israel confirmed carrying out its second air attack in two days against suspected Hezbollah positions in Beirut and said its aircraft fired back after being targeted by anti-aircraft weapons.

55.  Israel responded by firing artillery barrages at suspected positions of the Islamic Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon, officials said.

56.  Israel responded by heavily shelling suspected Hezbollah positions in south Lebanon and raking a valley with machinegun fire from helicopters for more than an hour, Lebanese police said.

57.  Israeli warplanes on Tuesday raided suspected positions of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in the Iqlim al-Tuffah ridge of south Lebanon, causing no casualties or damage.

58.  Israeli warplanes raided suspected positions of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday, police said.

59.  Israeli and SLA gunners retaliated by shelling suspected Hezbollah positions north of the zone.

60.  Israeli artillery gunners retaliated by bombarding suspected Hezbollah positions facing the occupied zone, security sources said.