AVIVIM, Israel (CNN) -- Israel sent tanks and troops across the Lebanese border Saturday in the 11th day of its military offensive against Hezbollah militants.
The reinforcements headed to a village where troops are already positioned and appears to be a widening of its limited operations, not the beginning of a full-scale invasion.
Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel Saturday, continuing the conflict that began with militants capturing two Israeli soldiers.
About 5,000 Israeli troops are massed at the Lebanese border as speculation grows that the military -- which so far has relied mostly on air power -- will launch a major ground offensive. (Watch tanks roll through orchards into Lebanon -- 2:59)
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/22/mideast/index.htmlEdited to add another link from Canadian coverage of this:
Israeli forces move into southern Lebanon
Israeli tanks, bulldozers and personnel carriers knocked down a border fence as part of the country's limited ground campaign on Saturday and entered southern Lebanon.
Vehicles carrying 25 soldiers raced past a UN outpost towards of a village where other Israeli soldiers had already taken control.
Israeli fighter planes also fired missiles at communications and television transmission towers in the central and northern Lebanese mountains, police said.
Within seconds, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., the nation's leading private network, and two other TV stations went off the air.
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/22/israel-lebanon.html
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