Crash of Fierce Battle Terrifies a City As the Faithful Are Called to Prayer

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DAWN broke yesterday over a shellshocked Tyre. No one had slept and a pall of smoke still hung over the old port, rising from a burning tank. A few families had packed their belongings and were heading north out of town, white flags fluttering from car windows, their determination to remain finally broken.

Tyre has been hit several times by airstrikes since this war began but this raid was the most daring attempt yet to limit Hezbollah's ability to strike central Israel and from it emerged reports of a new sinister tactic being used by Israeli special forces to carry out operations deep inside Lebanon.

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Crash of Fierce Battle Terrifies a City As the Faithful Are Called to Prayer

Unconfirmed eyewitness reports suggested the Israeli soldiers involved had been disguised as Hezbollah fighters and carried weapons used by the guerrilla group. Certainly, all the spent small arms casings that I saw in the aftermath were from Kalashnikov AK- 47s, the rifle...

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