Single deadliest day of the assault on Lebanon so far, with Israeli strikes mostly in South Lebanon and the Bekaa killing 57 civilians and a Hizbullah fighter. It was quieter in Beirut proper today. Two very loud air strikes about 24 hours ago then this evening around 7 pm maybe four more.

Reports today that Israel hit a neighborhood in East Beirut - Achrafieh - for the first time. Evidently a helicopter dropped a bomb on...