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Israeli jets pounded Lebanon and troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas on Thursday (August 3) while world powers struggled for a plan to end a war which Beirut said has killed 900 people and wounded 3,000. Israeli jets bombed Hizbollah-dominated suburbs of Beirut for the first time in days and hit a bridge in the northern Akkar region, as well as targets in the eastern Bekaa Valley and roads near the Syrian border, a Lebanese security source said. Planes repeatedly bombed targets around the southern town of Nabatiyeh and shelling cut a road in the southern Bekaa Valley. Heavy Israeli air strikes and shelling also hit the area around the southern village of Blat, north of Marjayoun. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said a third of the casualties in the 23-day-old conflict were children under 12. He said a million Lebanese, a quarter of the population, had been displaced and the country's infrastructure devastated. A Reuters tally put the death toll at 683 at least. Hizbollah, showing it can still fight after 23 days of Israeli bombardment, fired at least 70 rockets into Israel on Thursday, killing seven people. A record barrage of 231 missiles the previous day killed one person and wounded scores. Sixty-three Israelis have been killed in the conflict, including 39 soldiers, two of whom died in fighting on Thursday. A Lebanese security source said that 80 Hizbollah fighters had been killed so far -- well below the Israeli estimate of 300-400. Dozens of angry re...