BEVERLY HILLS - Israel launched a new round of missile strikes on suspected Hezbollah positions deep inside Lebanon this morning, but Israeli military officials say that its fiercest airstrikes were reserved for the Beverly Hills home of actor Mel Gibson, which was reduced to rubble in the pre-dawn hours today by direct Israeli missile hits. Gibson was not home at the time.Israel's attack on Gibson's home was prompted by the actor's anti-Semitic outburst to Los Angeles police officers last week at the time of his arrest for drunk driving. Following Gibson's remarks, Beverly Hills has been besieged by Israeli airstrikes on a daily basis, and the frightening sound of air raid sirens has become all-too familiar in this posh southern California enclave.
During this morning's attack, Gibson reportedly was holed up in the fortified basement of his neighbor, actor Werner Klemperer who portrayed nutty Nazi Colonel Klink on the hit television series Hogan's Heroes. Gibson allegedly was wearing an armband bearing a swastika. As the missiles struck nearby in defeaning bursts of destruction, Gibson reportedly raised a clenched fist defiantly in the air while shouting, "Death to Israel! Death to Israel!"
