(22 Jul 2006)
Dovev area, northern Israel
1. Wide shot of Israeli tanks
2. Israeli soldiers handling ammunition
3. Artillery firing
4. Soldiers sleeping as artillery fires
5. Various of soldiers, some sleeping
6. Artillery firing
7. Various of plumes of smoke rising from southern Lebanon as seen from the Israeli border
Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel
8. Tanks in street
9. People looking at damage caused by Katyusha rockets
10. Shattered window
11. Leaking water pipe, tilt down to small crater in road
12. Man looking at scene, building behind him has been damaged by flying debris
Nahariya, northern Israel
12. Police bomb squad looking at area where Katyusha rocket fell
13. Various of damage
Haifa, northern Israel
14. Various top shots of Haifa, AUDIO of sirens
STORYLINE:
Hezbollah continued to fire Katyusha rockets into northern Israel on Saturday, striking the towns of Karmiel, Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona and other smaller communities, injuring seven people.
Air raid sirens also sounded in Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, but no strikes were reported.
Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at northern Israeli towns from north of the Lebanese border, killing 16 civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands of Israelis to repeatedly flee into bunkers.
Experts have disputed claims from Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, who has said his group has more than 12,000 rockets.
But other estimates suggest that the supply of rockets rose to 10,000 this year.
That includes some Iranian-made rockets with a range of perhaps as much as 45 miles (72 kilometres), but the vast majority - the Katyusha-type rockets - have a range of less than 20 miles (32 kilometres).
Israel says Hezbollah has missiles and rockets that can go much farther.
Israel started its offensive when Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12.
Israeli troops took control of a village just across the Lebanese border on Saturday after the area was pounded by bombs and artillery through the night.
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