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Missiles rain down as Israel slides to war

Airstrike kills 20 civilians fleeing Lebanese village close to border

By Donald Macintyre in Nahariya

Israeli warplanes yesterday stepped up what has become the most intense bombardment of Lebanon since its 1982 invasion with airstrikes that claimed 34 lives, according to Lebanese security officials