BEIRUT, JULY 17, SPA -- ISRAELI FIGHTER BOMBERS PUMMELED LEBANESE INFRASTRUCTURE MONDAY, SETTING BEIRUT’S PORT ABLAZE AND HITTING A HEZBOLLAH STRONGHOLD IN ATTACKS THAT KILLED AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE. HEZBOLLAH RETALIATED BY FIRING ROCKETS THAT FLEW FARTHER INTO ISRAEL THAN EVER BEFORE. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR AND U.N.SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN CALLED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FORCES TO STOP THE BOMBARDMENT OF ISRAEL AND TO PERSUADE THE JEWISH STATE TO STOP ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH, WHILE THE EUROPEAN UNION SAID IT WAS CONSIDERING THEDEPLOYMENT OF A PEACEKEEPING FORCE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. --SPA 17/07/2006 13:56 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/376142