Sri Lanka jets hit Tiger bases

The air raids followed a major Tamil attack on Sri Lanka's largest airbase and only international airport

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Military officials in Sri Lanka say air force jets have resumed attacks on rebel Tamil Tiger guerrilla positions in the northeast of the country.

Israeli-built K'fir aircraft bombed rebel-held territory Sunday near the port city of Trincomalee, 240 km (150 miles) northeast of the capital Colombo, they said. "There were a few sorties, but we have no reports yet of casualties or damage," said military spokesman Sanath Karunaratne.

It was the third series of air strikes ordered against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) since a July 24 attack by a rebel suicide squad wreaked havoc on the country's biggest air base near Colombo.

The attack also hit the country's only international airport adjacent to the airbase.

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The Tamil rebels destroyed four parked passenger jets belonging to the national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines and damaged two more.

That attack and the subsequent escalation in hostilities appeared to signal the collapse of a Norwegian-brokered bid to end the 18-year conflict which has claimed an estimated 64,000 lives.

The Tigers have been fighting for the past three decades for an independent state in northeast Sri Lanka for the island's Tamil minority .

Reuters contributed to this report.