israeli f16 shot down in beirut

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Israeli pilot, co-pilot killed in Lebanon airspace
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/18/2006

A pilot and co-pilot of an Israeli F-16 warplane have been killed after it was shot down in eastern Beirut.

Lebanese Army confirmed the death of a pilot and co-pilot of a Israeli warplane above "Kafar shima" village in eastern Beirut.

Reports indicated that the warplane had been targeted by a surface-to-air missile launched by military wing of Hizbullah.

Hizbullah also carried missile attacks against "Heifa port" in Israel destroying 3-story building killing several and injuring several people in counterattack against new waves of Israeli violence in Lebanon which killed more than 170 Lebanese civilians and wounded at least 500 others in the past week.

Lebanese officials said that Israeli air raids on Lebanese civilian infrastructure inflicted at least $500 million in damage.


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