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Thu 07 Jul 200661 killed in Israeli strikes as US resists calls for ceasefireLebanon yesterday suffered its worst day of violence since Israel began its bombardment last week with at least 61 people killed in airstrikes. All but one of the dead were civilians, write Ferry Biedermann, in Beirut, and Sharmila Devi, in Jerusalem.The greatest number of deaths occurred in the south of the country, with at least 17 people, including several children, killed and 30 wounded in a strike that destroyed houses in the southern village of Srifa, according to residents.