HIZBULLAH LAUNCHES BARRAGE AGAINST ISRAEL

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Hizbullah has launched a heavy barrage against Israelimilitary positions along the Lebanese border. The Iranian-backed movement fired scores of mortars, Katyusha rocketsand anti-tank missiles against Israeli positions in the Shebaa plateau onWednesday. The plateau, captured during the 1967 war with Syria, has nowbeen claimed by Lebanon.