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GUEST: Juliana Darwiche, 16 year old Lebanese American escapes Israeli Assault

Yesterday a barrage of missile attacks by Hezbollah on northern Israel killed eight people. Hours later, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah offered a cessation of hostilities if Israel stopped airstrikes against Lebanon. Nasrallah has threatened to launch rockets into Tel Aviv if the Lebanese capital of Beirut is hit by Israel. In response, Israeli warplanes twice struck southern Beirut early this morning. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had dropped leaflets on Thursday night warning residents in the area to leave. However, most bridges and roads leading out of Beirut have been bombed, leaving residents little choice. Israeli missiles also damaged a power plant that provides most of the electricity in southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa valley. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on intervention measures Saturday.

Yesterday we heard from 16 year old Juliana Darwiche, a Lebanese American, who just returned from Lebanon. We heard part of the story of her harrowing attempts to leave Lebanon. Today we hear the rest of her story.