The Israeli Minitry of Defence has launched an air assault upon Sheikh Ahmed ali Halwezi, a top lieutenant of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation. The cabinet, upon word that Israeli agents were being dragged dead through the streets authorised the strikes to take out the cleric, nicknamed amongst the Israeli Defence Forces as a 'Terror Kingpin'.Israeli F-15s out of air bases along the northern border with Lebanon were immediately launched, and attacked the town Tyre, which has recently suffered an earhquake. A payload of explosives was delivered to the apartment building in which Sheikh ali Halwezi was believed to be staying in. The target was confirmed destroyed.
The Israeli Prime Minister condemned Lebanon's inability to control Hezbollah, and said that the air strikes were in response to Hezbollah's aggression towards Israel, both the assassination of the Minister of the Interior and the brutal killing and humiliation of Israeli troops.
Casualty reports are incoming. They currently stand at 62 confirmed dead, 98 injured, 12 critical. The local hospital, damaged in the earthquake, is unable to take the extra casualties from the air strike.
There has been instant public outrage at the Israeli attack around the world. The German Foreign Minister has said "To attack the town of Tyre, after it has just suffered an earthquake, is unacceptably heartless. I don't care what kind of war you're figthing - it's just wrong."
The Israeli military has moved to high alert. 3 regiments have been sent to the noterhn border to defend the country. Israel's rapid reaction forces have been placed on standby, and security has been increased dramatically along the border with the Palestinians. The Ministry of Internal Security has indefinitely closed the crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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