Israeli warplanes launched five attacks on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday and Monday. The attacks took place days after Syrian officials visiting Washington told U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that Damascus rejected an Israeli proposal to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, where Syria has thousands of troops.
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