memeorandum: No injuries in latest barrage on Haifa (Yaakov Katz/Associated Press)

9:30 AM ET, July 16, 2006

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BBC:

Deadly Hezbollah attack on Haifa — Rockets fired by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others in the coastal Israeli city of Haifa. — It is the worst attack on Israel since the clashes with Lebanon began.

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Greg Myre / New York Times:
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Yaakov Katz / Associated Press: No injuries in latest barrage on Haifa

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Ynetnews:

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David Postman / The Seattle Times:

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Ynetnews:

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