Israeli Strike Kills at Least 40

World | August 7, 2006, Monday // 00:00

An Israeli air raid has killed at least 40 people in the southern Lebanese border village of Houla, Lebanon's prime minister announced. Fouad Siniora told an Arab foreign ministers meeting in Beirut that there had been "a horrific massacre". His statement as quoted by BBC followed a morning of deadly Israeli raids across Lebanon as troops fought Hezbollah in the south. Diplomats are battling to find a workable truce amid the escalating violence, and Arab ministers are discussing a strategy on a ceasefire in Beirut.

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