FOURTEEN CIVILIANS WERE KILLED ON SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF THE ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT ON LEBANON AND EIGHT BODIES WERE RETRIEVED FROM UNDER RUBBLE, LEBANESE POLICE SAID. THE POLICE SAID EIGHT CIVILIANS INCLUDING A MOTHER AND HER SEVEN CHILDREN, WERE KILLED WHEN AN ISRAELI JET STRUCK A TWO-STOREY HOUSE IN THE MARKET TOWN OF NABIATIYEH, 54 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BEIRUT. THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY, ADNAN KHAIRALLAH, SURVIVED THE ATTACK, POLICE SAID. SIX OTHER CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN ANOTHER RAID ON ARAB, NEXT TO THE BORDER VILLAGE OF GHAJAR. LEBANESE RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS TOLD DEUTSCHE PRESSE-AGENTUR DPA THAT THEY HAD REMOVED FROM UNDER RUBBLE AT LEAST EIGHT BODIES, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BURIED EARLIER IN THE WEEK, IN THE REGION EAST OF TYRE. LEBANESE SECURITY SOURCES TOLD DPA THAT ISRAELI TANKS AND ARMOURED ISRAELI VEHICLES LEFT THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE MAIN BORDER TOWN OF BINT JBEIL LATE FRIDAY BUT RETURNED TO MAROUN AL-RAS WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY ISRAELI FORCES ON JULY 23.
