Israeli warplanes attack guerrillas in south Lebanon

Israeli war planes on Sunday blasted guerrilla bases in south Lebanon, causing no casualties, security officials said.

They said the planes flew low over the Iqlim al-Tuffah province, where Hizbullah guerrillas maintain bases and often launch their attacks on the Israeli-occupied enclave in south Lebanon. Two planes dropped at least four rockets in two runs over the region, which faces the occupied enclave. There were no reports of casualties.

Israeli warplanes also flew low over the city of Sidon in south Lebanon, breaking the sound barrier.

Israeli warplanes on Sunday rocketed twice areas in South Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said, adding that two warplanes fired a total of four rockets into the Lweizeh and Sujud areas in al-Tuffah district. Sujud air strike came about one hour after the first assault. A Lebanese National Resistance spokesman said resistance men fired anti-aircraft weapons at the planes. Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft released dozens of thermal balloons, a witness said. At the same time, Israeli artillery shelled areas north of Nabatieh town.

However, Israel's 15-Km wide occupation zone in Lebanon has been the site of frequent resistance attacks against Israeli occupation troops and their Lahd militias allies. Lebanese national resistance forces attacked Israeli armor inside al-Salaa and al-Muthalath al-Qasir inside the occupied strip of south Lebanon.

Further reports said that the Lebanese resistance could free one of its fighters from Israeli jails in occupied Palestine. In a released statement, the resistance added the release of the prisoner was carried out through security means. A news conference is to be held later in the day to give a briefing on the operation.