Middle Orient

BAGHDAD — Hundreds of radical Shiite Muslims, some wielding assault rifles and rocket launchers, marched Friday in support of the Hezbollah movement and its leader,

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Eight people were killed, including two foreign soldiers, in a two-pronged suicide attack in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday, police and a coalition spokesman said.

Five civilians were also wounded in the attack, police said. The attack began at 10:45 a.m. when gunmen opened fire on police in the market, police said.

Israeli jets knocked out TV and phone masts in the east and north of Lebanon, while ground troops carried out operations in two southern villages.

JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israeli strikes have killed at least 263 people and wounded at least 624 in Lebanon since July 12, according to official Lebanese sources.

JERUSALEM (CNN) — Ten people were wounded by Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel Saturday morning, Israeli ambulance services said. About 10 rockets fell on northern Israel Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Force said. (Posted 4:13 a.m.)

BAGHDAD (CNN) — Insurgents killed three Iraqi police and wounded five others in what appeared to be a planned ambush in a market in the city of Baquba Saturday morning, Iraqi police said.

BAGHDAD — A U.S. soldier was killed when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad Saturday morning, the U.S. military said.

BEIRUT (CNN) — Israel airstrikes disrupted television and phone service throughout north Lebanon Saturday, a Lebanese government official said.

LANARCA, Cyprus (CNN) — The U.S. ambassador to Cyprus expects nearly 4,000 Americans to be evacuated to the island nation from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday.