A young Lebanese girl is carried by a Red Cross worker after being injured in an air strike.
Bloody night in Beirut as Israel intensifies aerial bombardment
IDF warns UN troops will be attacked if they repair bridges
Clancy Chassay in Beirut, Conal Urquhart in Metulla and Jonathan Steele in Tyre
Tuesday August 8, 2006
The Guardian
Lebanese officials said there were many reports of other casualties throughout southern Lebanon but rescue workers were not able to reach the sites because of continued Israeli airstrikes. Israel also threatened to attack UN peacekeepers if they attempted to repair bomb-damaged bridges in southern Lebanon. UN officials contacted the Israeli army to inform them that a team of Chinese military engineers attached to the UN force in Lebanon intended to repair the bridge on the Beirut to Tyre road to enable the transport of humanitarian supplies.
According to the UN, Israeli officials said the engineers would become a target if they attempted to repair the bridge.
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