
. More than 40 people killed and injured in Israeli air raids on army barracks in Jamhour, National News Agency
. Three air raids destroy two houses in Baalbeck, injuring five
. Israel bombs Qana in the south, destroying a 4-storey house and inflicting several casualties. ( over 100 people were killed by Israel 10 years ago in this village)
. Israel carries out two pre-dawn raids on Jbeil destroying two lorries, no casualties reported
. Israel carries out a raid on the Amshaki hills near Baalbeck
. Israel's armed offensive in Lebanon will last for "at least another week," Israel's deputy armed forces chief of staff, Major Moshe Kaplinsky said
. Israel renews its pounding of Beirut’s southern suburbs
. Olmert vows that Israel would continue to fight to enforce international resolutions in Lebanon including Resolution 1559
. Olmert says Israel will continue its operation in Lebanon until the release of kidnapped soldiers
. French PM de Villepin calls after meeting Siniora for an "immediate humanitarian truce" to end the hostilities between Israel Hezbollah
. The EU and its member states would be ready to participate in a UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon, the bloc's presidency says
. 12 Lebanese killed in an Israeli raid on their minibus near the Rmeileh bridge
. UN Security Council meets behind closed doors to discuss spiraling violence in Lebanon but the US cautions against expecting action to stop the bloodshed before the return of a UN mission this week
. Hezbollah rejects ceasefire on terms dictated by Israel
. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki calls for "ceasefire" and exchange of prisoners
. Al Jazeera says the body which fell is probably a pamphlet container not an F-16 jet
. Media reports say an Israeli warplane fell in Kfarshima during a raid on Beirut’s southern suburbs
. Several people injured in Haifa after a three-storey building collapses from Hizbullah rocket attack
. Alarm sirens go off in Haifa as Katyusha rockets fall on the Israeli city
. The Israeli army threatens that it will hit the electricity network if Hezbollah sends rockets into Israel
. Israeli warplanes killed 3 Lebanese army soldiers in Mar Elias Hill in sidon , south of Beirut
. Israeli warplanes bomb fuel tanks at the Rafik Hariri International Airport
. Chirac calls for the rapid disarmament of all militias in Lebanon in order to help end the long-term threat to Israel's security
. A UN mission is meeting with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on a possible ceasefire
. G8 leaders urge the UN to consider the deployment of an "international security/monitoring presence" in Lebanon
. Leaders of the G8 group of world powers call for an end to attacks and for the release of kidnapped soldiers and arrested Palestinian officials
. The damage resulting from Israeli aggression according to local estimates is in the tens of billions US Dollars so far.
. Nasrallah tells the Lebanese not to worry about the destruction. He said that there is a country that is willing to pay for this without preconditions. Many assumed he meant Iran
. Nasrallah warns that Hezbollah is ready to surprise Israel on land as it surprised it in the sea
. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warns in a television address that his group's fight against Israel will have 'no limits'
. Israel bombs the building of the civil defense department in Tyre, Killing and injuring dozens of people
. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrives in Lebanon as Israel pounds the country with air strikes
. President Emile Lahoud accuses Israeli forces of using 'phosphorus incendiary bombs' which are banned weapons
. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz says the Jewish State does not plan to reoccupy Lebanon
. Rockets hit the Syrian Golan Heights occupied by Israel
. Speaker Nabih Berri says that there is an opportunity for an immediate ceasefire within the next 24 hours, otherwise it will be an all out war. This was awarning to Israel and the UN he said.
. Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz accuses Syria of arming Hizbullah with the rockets that exploded around the port of Haifa
. Syria warns it would respond directly and by all means necessary to any Israeli attack on its territory
. Israel puts Tel Aviv on rocket alert after Haifa rocket attack
Israel retaliates, firing four missiles into the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut
. Saudi Arabia pledges 50 million dollars in immediate aid to Lebanon
Israel faces "unimaginable losses" if it attacks Syria, the Iranian foreign ministry said Sunday
. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert warns of 'long-term consequences' after Hezbollah attack on Haifa
. Hezbollah launches a new salvo of Raad 2 and Raad 3 rockets at Haifa, killing 9 and injuring 20
. Al-Manar TV building has been completely destroyed by an Israeli strike
. Israeli special forces are operating on the ground in Lebanon, in conjunction with air and sea forces, General Gadi Eisenkraut, operations chief at central command, confirmed Sunday
. Chirac says that forces "who jeopardize the security, stability and sovereignty of Lebanon must be stopped," ahead of talks with Bush
. Bush said that Israel had 'every right to defend itself' against any attack but should be 'mindful of the consequences'
. Hezbollah denied Israeli claims that its leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, had been wounded, Future TV said
. Israeli aircraft presses on early Sunday with intensive bombing raids on Beirut's southern suburbs
. Hezbollah claims Sunday to have repelled the first attempted Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon since hostilities began
. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he thinks Israel is pursuing wider goals in its military campaign against Lebanon than the return of its two captured soldiers.
. Israel killed 35 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, in air strikes meant to punish Lebanon
. Israel intensified its relentless bombardment of Lebanon, pounding the country's ports as fears mounted the conflict could spiral into regional war.
. Siniora calls for an immediate ceasefire to end Israel's "collective punishment" of the Lebanese people
. Amr Mussa says that "the Middle East peace process is dead,” after an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers over the Israeli offensive against Lebanon and Gaza
. Syria is not a target in the Israeli offensive launched four days ago against Lebanon, said Israeli General Gadi Azincot
. Security officials confirm that Israel destroyed Nasrallah’s headquarters in Haret Hreik
. Israel renews bombing of Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs as Hezbollah fires Katyusha rockets at northern Israel
. Dozens of civilians, including women and children, killed and injured in Israeli attacks on the south and the Bekaa
. Israel renews bombing of Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs as Hezbollah fires Katyusha rockets at northern Israel
. A senior Israeli intelligence official warns that Hezbollah could attack Tel Aviv with long-range rockets
. A senior Israeli intelligence official says that Iran has around 100 soldiers in Lebanon and that they helped Hezbollah hit the Israeli ship with a missile
. Hezbollah hits for the first time the northern Israeli city of Tiberias about 35 kilometers south of the border with Lebanon
. Dozens of civilians, including women and children, killed and injured in Israeli attacks on the south and the Bekaa
. Israeli air strikes destroy the bridge over the al-Bared River that links Akkar with Dinniyeh
. Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets on northern Israel
. Israeli fighter jets bomb the Damour bridge south of Beirut
. Israeli warplanes drop leaflets on Beirut’s southern suburbs portraying Nassrallah as a snake swallowing up Beirut
. Three civilians killed in an Israeli air strike on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese town of Hermel on the border with Syria
. Warplanes fire missiles near a bridge on the Assi river near Hermel
. Israeli warplanes stage raids on hills in Msayleh, near the residence of Speaker Berri
. Israeli jets strike the suburbs of the northern Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli
. Israeli warplanes bombard a bridge on the Awali river at the northern entrance of Sidon
. The EU says it is concerned Israel's offensive in Lebanon may spread, drawing Syria into the fighting.
. Israel bombs Beirut airport for 3rd time in 24 hours.
. Israeli ships impose a sea blockade on the port of the northern city of Tripoli.
. Israeli Foreign Minister threatened to attack Syria, reports said.
. Power cut off throughout Beirut after a main power line stopped functioning.
. An Israeli cabinet minister threatened to eliminate Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
. Israeli warplanes struck the base of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) in Qussaya, less than two kilometers from the border with Syria.
. Israeli air raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has its strongholds, killed three people and wounded 55 overnight.
. Overnight air strikes blew up a fuel storage tank at Beirut airport and another fuel tank at the Jiyeh power plant south of the capital.
. Israel war planes bombed the Damascus Beirut highway near the town of Dahr-el-Baidar, east of Beirut, cutting land traffic between the two Arab capitals.
. Israeli war planes also struck in the morning the mountain top at Dahr el-Baidar just off the Beirut-Damascus highway.
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Reactions to the war:
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. President Jacques Chirac of France said Friday there appears to be a "wish to destroy Lebanon" in reference to Israel's bombardments following the abduction of two soldiers.
. President Bush telephoned Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Friday and assured him he was pressing Israel to contain the damage to Lebanon and avoid civilian casualties.
. Prime Minister Siniora Urged for Ceasefire in Conversation with US Secretary Rice.
. London Defense Weekly says that Hezbollah has about 100 missiles with a range of 150 kilometers (90 miles) rockets able to reach Tel Aviv.
. Public Works and Transport Minister Mohammad el Safadi said on Friday that the International airport will remain closed until further notice
. The U.S. State Department warned Americans from traveling to Lebanon and authorized embassy personnel in the country and their families to evacuate in the wake of ongoing Israeli attacks.
Sources: Naharnet, Ya Libnan
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