A'math of strikes in Nabatiyeh and Baalbek

(7 Aug 2006) SHOTLIST Rayak, near Baalbek, northeast Lebanon, 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Lebanon-Israel border 1. Various of damage in factory for construction materials 2. Sign of factory 3. Various of damage in factory 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop: ''Even if we lose our jobs and our livelihood, we will still support the resistance and hope they will be victorious." 5. Mid of rubble 6. Wide of scene Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon 7. Mid of damage in downtown Nabatiyeh, man walking on debris 8. Pan from damaged building to empty street 9. Pan from damaged building to street, ambulance arriving 10. Zoom out of damaged building 11. Pan from rescue workers to damaged building 12. Pan from rescue workers to rubble on street 13. Various of destruction inside Dr Hasan El-Hariri's private clinic 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Hasan El-Hariri, volunteer medic with the Civil Defence: 15. Travelling shot of Dr Hasan's running outside STORYLINE More than 40 people were killed Monday in an Israeli attack on the border village of Houla, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said. Saniora disclosed the attack in the village, where heavy ground fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli has been raging in recent days, or few days, in a speech to Arab foreign ministers who met in Beirut to show solidarity with Lebanon' s government and people who have been under intensive Israeli airstrikes for nearly a month now. Separately, Israeli warplanes launched fresh airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 23 people. The stepped up bombardment came a day after Hezbollah's rockets killed 15 Israelis. Strikes targeted a northeastern region of Lebanon that is a symbol of Hezbollah power. Roads in the Bekaa Valley region were hit to render them unusable. At least four explosions were heard around the Bekaa Valley city of Baalbek, 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Israel's border, witnesses said. Warplanes also struck roads about 20 kilometres (13 miles) south of Baalbek. A large factory for construction materials was hit in Rayak, and several trucks belonging to the plant were destroyed. The Israeli military confirmed that it had hit several targets in the Baalbek area. There was no immediate word on casualties. Hezbollah has many positions in the Baalbek area. Israeli commandos on Wednesday landed troops in the area, fought guerrillas and kidnapped several people before withdrawing. Sixteen Lebanese were killed in that raid. On Monday five air raids also struck the market town of Nabatiyeh, targeting two office buildings, a house and one of the offices of Shiite Muslim Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. No casualties were reported there or in raids on the villages of Jibsheet and Toul. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...