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[0:01] or Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel

[0:03] as more Israeli soldiers get ready to

[0:06] cross the border. I'm Lara Logan. I'm

[0:09] Kelly Kobaya. A frustrating Sunday for

[0:11] some in St. Louis without power for 5

[0:14] days and powerless to do anything about

[0:16] it.

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[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:36] with Russ Mitchell. Good evening. The M

[0:39] East crisis stepped up today with blows

[0:41] and counterblows on both sides along

[0:43] with signs of diplomacy aimed at ending

[0:45] the conflict. Here's the latest.

[0:49] Lebanon is pounded in a new by Israeli

[0:51] artillery as the UN warns of a growing

[0:54] humanitarian crisis. Hezbollah fires a

[0:56] new round of rockets at targets across

[0:58] northern Israel. In Damascus, the Syrian

[1:00] government calls for a ceasefire and

[1:03] direct talks with the US. And the Saudis

[1:05] call for US intervention as Secretary

[1:08] Rice departs on a mission to the war

[1:09] zone. We have a team of correspondents

[1:12] covering the crisis tonight, beginning

[1:13] with chief foreign correspondent Lara

[1:15] Logan in Hifa. Lara, good evening.

[1:18] >> Good evening, Russ. Well, Israel

[1:20] indicated today that it would accept a

[1:22] temporary international force in South

[1:24] Lebanon, preferably led by NATO, but

[1:27] only if it had a mandate to stop the

[1:29] rocket attacks that continue to take a

[1:31] bloody toll here.

[1:36] >> Hezbollah rocket struck terror into the

[1:38] hearts of Hifer residents as Israel's

[1:40] third largest city was hammered once

[1:42] again. This attack sent Israeli homes up

[1:46] in flames, children running in panic and

[1:49] shocked residents trying to stay calm.

[1:52] >> I'm not afraid. Uh but I I hope uh they

[1:56] uh finish that war quickly and made a

[2:00] peace.

[2:01] >> Along with the rockets being fired into

[2:03] Israel, Hezbollah was sending a message.

[2:06] Not only has it survived 12 days of the

[2:08] Israeli onslaught, it's still able to

[2:10] strike decisively and with increasing

[2:13] accuracy into Israeli territory.

[2:15] Although the Israelis quickly struck

[2:17] back, destroying the rocket launching

[2:20] position,

[2:21] >> the latest attacks still cost two more

[2:23] Israeli lives. People here say casualty

[2:26] figures would be much higher if so many

[2:29] families had not fled their homes or

[2:31] taken refuge in underground shelters.

[2:35] Not even the roads are safe.

[2:39] >> The Israeli prime minister complained

[2:41] his people's suffering was being ignored

[2:43] internationally.

[2:44] >> Israeli cities are attacked on a daily

[2:46] basis by uh our enemies from Lebanon is

[2:52] not emphasized enough.

[2:55] >> A point driven home to the visiting

[2:57] French foreign minister in Hifur when he

[2:59] was forced to take cover under a

[3:01] stairwell.

[3:02] >> Okay, we can go. Some of these soldiers

[3:04] have already been in and out of South

[3:06] Lebanon three times. The Israeli army is

[3:09] bringing more troops and more armor up

[3:11] here to the border, getting ready for

[3:13] their next big push. So far, they've

[3:15] succeeded in taking a strategic village

[3:18] that puts them within striking distance

[3:20] of Hezbollah's stronghold in the south.

[3:24] Their intention clearly to weaken

[3:26] Hezbollah as much as possible before

[3:28] outside pressure forces Israel to the

[3:31] negotiating table.

[3:33] Just in the last few hours, Israeli

[3:35] forces began that big push into South

[3:37] Lebanon with large numbers of troops

[3:39] crossing the border. But at the same

[3:41] time, Israel is still preparing to

[3:44] expand their operations even further.

[3:46] Russ.

[3:46] >> Well, Larara, Israel has said several

[3:48] times it does not plan a full-fledged

[3:50] invasion of Lebanon, but from what you

[3:52] know, just how far does the Israeli

[3:54] military intend to go into the country?

[3:58] >> Well, that's the very interesting

[3:59] question. And you know, their plan from

[4:01] the start was not to extend more than

[4:03] about a mile or so into Lebanon. But

[4:05] now, army officers are saying that they

[4:07] really need to go as far as the Latani

[4:09] River, some 13 miles inside Lebanon if

[4:12] they're going to stop those rocket

[4:13] attacks. No permission has been given

[4:15] for that yet, but it's easy to see how

[4:17] Israel could be dragged deeper and

[4:19] deeper into Lebanon, even if it's

[4:21] against their original intentions. Russ

[4:24] >> Laura Logan in Hifa, thank you very

[4:26] much. And to Lebanon now, where Israeli

[4:28] jets bombarded Beirut and other parts of

[4:30] the country, killing eight civilians and

[4:32] wounding 100. Richard Roth has more on

[4:35] another bloody day in Lebanon and the

[4:37] chaos now sweeping through the nation.

[4:41] Israeli war plananes found more targets

[4:43] to pound in Beirut's southern suburbs.

[4:45] Hezbollah's home turf, already a

[4:48] landscape of rubble and ruin before the

[4:50] air strikes today. Bombs fell near

[4:53] Balbeck, east of the capital, and rained

[4:55] all over South Lebanon, including for

[4:58] the first time the port city of Siden.

[5:01] Authorities say more than half a million

[5:03] people have been driven from their homes

[5:04] by the aerial assault. They've been

[5:07] pushed onto jammed roads and into

[5:09] makeshift refugee camps where there's no

[5:11] guarantee of safety and only a promise

[5:14] of aid eventually.

[5:16] The UN's relief administrator touring

[5:19] Lebanon warned a disproportionate

[5:21] response by Israel here violates

[5:23] international law after earlier simply

[5:26] saying in this war both sides are wrong.

[5:30] >> It has to stop. The whole thing has to

[5:32] stop. This is a no natural disaster.

[5:34] This is a man-made crisis. This is a

[5:37] senseless war. Should never have

[5:38] started. Should never be be carried out

[5:41] like it is now.

[5:43] Israel's eased its blockade of Beirut's

[5:45] port and relief supplies are arriving,

[5:47] but aid agencies need Israeli guarantees

[5:50] of safe passage to deliver them. They'll

[5:53] also need ingenuity. Roads like this,

[5:56] the main highway connecting Beirut with

[5:58] South Lebanon, make the point. Moving

[6:00] relief supplies or other aid, means

[6:02] getting around damage like this. And

[6:04] none of it will be safe without Israeli

[6:07] guarantees.

[6:09] >> There are none. Certainly not in South

[6:11] Lebanon, where any moving vehicles

[6:12] become a target and hospitals are

[6:14] overflowing with the injured. Among the

[6:18] casualties today was a Lebanese

[6:19] photographer documenting her country's

[6:22] destruction, killed when a missile hit

[6:24] her taxi.

[6:27] The US embassy here says most Americans

[6:29] who wanted to leave Lebanon have now

[6:31] gotten out. That's about 12,000 of them.

[6:34] And the embassy says that evacuation

[6:36] assistance is now nearly complete. Russ,

[6:39] >> Richard, any idea how many Americans

[6:41] have chosen to stay?

[6:44] >> Well, there were about 25,000 Americans

[6:47] here before the war. Many have decided

[6:49] to stay, and some haven't quite decided

[6:52] what to do yet. I met a Lebanese

[6:54] American family today. The father runs a

[6:57] fast food restaurant in the south of the

[6:59] city. The bombing caused them to move to

[7:02] the north into the mountains. And when

[7:04] the bombing began there, they finally

[7:06] decided it was time to leave, which they

[7:08] did today. They're headed for Akran,

[7:11] Ohio.

[7:12] >> Richard Roth in Beirut. Thank you very

[7:14] much. Doctors say former Israeli Prime

[7:16] Minister Ariel Chiron's condition has

[7:18] deteriorated, but there is no immediate

[7:20] danger to his life. Chiron suffered a

[7:22] debilitating stroke back in January. For

[7:25] the first time since this round of

[7:26] trouble in the Middle East broke out,

[7:28] the US is taking a hands-on diplomatic

[7:30] role. The White House made two big moves

[7:32] today and Joey Chen is there now with

[7:34] more. Joey

[7:36] >> Russ, at this hour the president's top

[7:38] diplomat, Secretary of State Rice, is on

[7:40] her way to the region. She's headed

[7:42] first to Jerusalem to meet with Israeli

[7:44] leaders. Later on, she will meet with

[7:45] Arab officials. But well ahead of her

[7:47] trip, the administration has telegraphed

[7:49] its wishes.

[7:51] What's the president to do when one of

[7:53] his closest Arab allies wants to make

[7:55] its views on the crisis known? Listen.

[7:58] Mr. Bush hurried back to the White House

[8:00] for a rare Sunday session with Saudi

[8:02] officials. Secretary Rice joined him

[8:04] too, making a last stop before setting

[8:06] out for the region. The Saudis came

[8:08] bearing a simple appeal for the US to

[8:10] intervene.

[8:11] >> We requested a ceasefire to allow for

[8:14] the hostility,

[8:16] >> but that's not on Secretary Rice's

[8:18] agenda.

[8:20] The administration remains content to

[8:21] buy Israel more time to root out

[8:23] Hezbollah. But Rice is willing to talk

[8:26] about the role peacekeeping forces might

[8:27] play in South Lebanon as long as US

[8:30] troops aren't among them.

[8:32] >> She will be talking with our friends and

[8:34] allies uh about whether of whether and

[8:36] when a force is appropriate and how it

[8:38] might be constructed.

[8:39] >> Also on the White House's fix it list,

[8:41] building ties with other players in the

[8:43] region, including Syria, which has

[8:45] signaled Washington it wants a role in

[8:47] settling the conflict, even though both

[8:49] parties remain wary of the other.

[8:51] >> The Arabs are not the enemies of the

[8:53] United States. The United States should

[8:54] not be flagrantly uh

[8:58] one-sided.

[9:00] >> US envoys don't usually weigh into a

[9:02] crisis like this without a plan to end

[9:04] the fighting in hand. Secretary Rice's

[9:07] aim, however, is simply to show that the

[9:09] US is doing something to help, just not

[9:12] too much. Russ

[9:13] >> Joey Chen at the White House. Thank you.

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