Reports out of Lebanon indicate Israel is widening its assault. Israeli ground troops have seized the Lebanese hilltoptown of Marun al-Ras. Heavy fighting was reported this morning between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. Over the weekend Israeli warplanes knocked down telecommunication towers handling much of Lebanon’s cell phone, television and radio communications. A technician working for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation was killed. In a separate attack a 23-year-old photojournalist named Layal Najib was killed by an Israeli missile. She worked for the Lebanese magazine al-Jaras and Agence France Press. Refugees fleeing southern Lebanon have repeatedly come under attack. On Sunday an Israeli helicopter fired at a minivan carrying 16 civilians. Three people died. All of the passengers were fleeing the village of Tairi, which Israeli forces had ordered residents to evacuate. Reuters is reporting six Lebanese Red Cross paramedics were wounded late on Sunday when Israeli warplanes hit their vehicles. On Sunday Israel also bombed the southern port city of Sidon for the first time. Thousands of refugees had been seeking shelter there. Early this morning the Israeli military shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. One local hospital in the southern city of Tyre received 41 wounded patients on Sunday. All of the casualties are believed to be civilians who were attacked while trying to seek safety. The hospital’s director said: This is the worst day we’ve seen. The death toll in Tyre has been so high that carpenters are reportedly running out of wood for coffins. Bodies are stacked three or four high in a truck at the hospital morgue. Peter Bouckart of Human Rights Watch said “They have been hitting civilian cars all over the place. I have been in many war zones, but this is one of the most dangerous places I have seen.”