Israel and Hezbollah developments

Published: Saturday, July 15 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

A man holding the Hezbollah flag inspects a bridge near Beirut that was hit in an Israeli air raid Friday.

Associated Press

• Israeli missiles destroyed the home and office of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon late Friday. Nasrallah vowed "open war."

• Early Saturday a rocket barrage aimed at Israeli warships hit a civilian ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Hezbollah earlier hit an Israeli blockade ship with a missile or drone, setting it ablaze.

• In Iraq, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not "sit by with folded hands" while Israel struck at Lebanon.

• The toll in three days of clashes rose to 73 killed in Lebanon and at least 12 in Israel.

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