JERUSALEM, July 18 (UPI) -- Shelling of Israel by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon reached a peak of one missile a minute for an hour Tuesday as Israel's air force stepped up bombing runs.
By midday Tuesday, more than 1,000 missiles and other rounds had been fired into Israel in the weeklong cross-border barrage, the Arutz Sheva newspaper reported. However, while some Israeli injuries were reported, there were no fatalities, Ynetnews reported.
The Israel air force attacked some 50 targets in Lebanon overnight, including suspected terror structures in Beirut and weapons storehouses.
Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzippy Livny met with a U.N. delegation in Jerusalem on conditions for a cease-fire, including the release of the three kidnapped soldiers from Gaza and Lebanon.
Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon. The U.S. government said fewer than 70 of its 25,000 citizens thought to be in Lebanon have been evacuated but the State Department is chartering airliners and a cruise ship for evacuations, CNN reported.
Canada also chartered six ships that it says will begin evacuating some 40,000 Canadians to Cyprus by midweek, the Globe and Mail reported.
