Rockets fly into Israel as it pounds Lebanon  —  Reports: Hezbollah leader safe after Israeli airstrikes  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli warships and aircraft were clamping down on Lebanon's air, sea and land infrastructure on Friday, three days after Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.

Nasrallah reported to be unharmed  —  Hizbullah threatened to strike Haifa with improved Katyusha rockets on Friday evening after IAF warplanes destroyed the building housing the headquarters of the Hizbullah terror organization in south Beirut and organization head Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's private home.

Israel Extends Strikes Deeper Into Lebanon  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon, Friday, July 14 — Israel extended punishing airstrikes deeper inside Lebanon today, hitting areas in Beirut's suburbs linked to the militant group Hezbollah and cutting the main highway between the capital and Damascus in Syria.

States of Terror  —  Syria, Iran and their proxies wage war on Israel.  —  Israel's military invasion and naval blockade of Lebanon is being denounced in European capitals and at the United Nations as a "disproportionate" response to the kidnapping this week of two of its soldiers by Hezbollah.

Necessary Steps for Israel  —  Confronting State Sponsors of Terror Is the Only Option  —  JERUSALEM — For the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel is facing hostilities on two fronts.  The exceedingly volatile situation is liable to embroil other Middle Eastern states …

Attacks Could Erode Faction's Support  —  Pressure Building Against Shiite Militia  —  BEIRUT, July 13 — The radical Shiite movement Hezbollah and its leader, Hasan Nasrallah, hold an effective veto in Lebanese politics, and the group's military prowess has heartened its supporters at home and abroad in the Arab world.