"The extreme, unprecedented number of aircraft indicates the
possibility that the Israelis are planning to land troops, but we
cannot yet confirm that," said one security official on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Other security officials, also speaking anonymously for the same
reason, denied IDF troops were on the ground. Flares held aloft by
parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, the
official said.
Witnesses in Baalbek said they saw dozens of IAF helicopters hovering
over the city. They said a private hospital in Baalbek, filled with
patients and wounded people, was bombed by IAF helicopters late
Tuesday. Plumes of burning smoke billowed from the hospital after it
was directly hit, they said.
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possibility that the Israelis are planning to land troops, but we
cannot yet confirm that," said one security official on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Other security officials, also speaking anonymously for the same
reason, denied IDF troops were on the ground. Flares held aloft by
parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, the
official said.
Witnesses in Baalbek said they saw dozens of IAF helicopters hovering
over the city. They said a private hospital in Baalbek, filled with
patients and wounded people, was bombed by IAF helicopters late
Tuesday. Plumes of burning smoke billowed from the hospital after it
was directly hit, they said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/745276.html