Hezbollah force at 10,000 with reserve

JERUSALEM -- Hezbollah's total fighting force inside Lebanon has climbed to around 10,000 men as it has called on ``reserve units," an Israeli general said yesterday . Previous Israeli military estimates have suggested a Hezbollah fighting force of between 3,000 and 5,000 men.

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Air Force shot down a Hezbollah drone for the first time yesterday , sending its wreckage plunging into the sea, the army said. The unmanned aircraft reportedly had the capacity to carry 90 pounds of explosives. (AP)

BRITAIN

LONDON -- Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer, Adnan Hajj, from its database yesterday after a review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. One image was manipulated to show heavier, darker smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, and the other showed an increase of flares dropped by an Israeli F-16 from one to three. (Reuters)

KUWAIT

KUWAIT CITY -- Several thousand demonstrators, some carrying Hezbollah flags, marched in staunch US ally Kuwait yesterday to protest Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The attacks have angered Arabs, with many accusing the United States of blind support for Israel. (Reuters)