Minister urges civilian attacks

Jerusalem - An Israeli minister has called for reprisal strikes against Lebanese civilian targets each time an Israeli soldier…

Jerusalem - An Israeli minister has called for reprisal strikes against Lebanese civilian targets each time an Israeli soldier is killed in south Lebanon, his spokesman said yesterday.

"We should attack bridges, the electricity grid, the water system in Lebanon each time one of our soldiers is killed in the country," the Internal Security Minister, Mr Avigdor Kahalani, said.

He was speaking after an Israeli sergeant was killed and four soldiers wounded while patrolling the self-declared "security zone" Israel occupies in south Lebanon.