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Fresh Israeli raids on Lebanon kill 15

Beirut (dpa) - At least 15 people were killed in the latest wave of Israeli raids on Lebanon overnight Sunday, including seven Lebanese soldiers who died in a raid on a military base north of the port of Tripoli, police said.

At least 41 people were wounded in the fresh raids, police said.

The seven soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded when a military intelligence centre was hit by Israeli fire in the coastal town of Abde in the north of Lebanon.

Israeli jets also launched nine raids in less than a quarter of an hour on the town of Baalbeck, a stronghold of Hezbollah, killing three civilians and wounding six others.

The bombing targeted two petrol stations and several Hezbollah buildings including a school, police said.

Two civilians were killed when three Israeli missiles landed on homes in the village of Jalala in the Zahle region in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said.

South-east of Beirut, three civilians were killed just before midnight when Israeli air raids hit a bridge in the Chouf mountains, police said.

Around 60 people died Sunday and early Monday, bringing the death toll to at least 163 in the Israeli offensive, which began Wednesday.

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