and urged the parties to address the humanitarian crisis in the territory.
According to the last report 284 have been killed so far and they are mostly Hamas police officers
Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo today to take a common position on Israeli raids.
Iraqi Shiite spiritual authority Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on the Arab and Muslim states to end the aggression on Gaza.
Pope Benedict XVI denounced the violence and urged everyone to strive for humanity and wisdom.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Muslim states to punish Israel and deplored what he called some Arab leaders' silence in the face of deadly attacks on the Gaza.
In his Sunday Ceremony , Patriarch Sfeir denounced the Israeli air offensive against the Hamas-run Gaza strip and called them “an evil deed.” He described the situation as “a tragedy that should be ended and not occur again.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni during a phone call to "urgently halt" Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip.
In south Lebanon at least five Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace when they conducted low flights over Nabatiyeh, Iqleem al Tufah, Marjeyoun, Khiam, Arqoub and tyre.
It appears that this war is not a one or 2 day affair . "Israel could launch a ground operation in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in addition to its massive air campaign against Islamist targets", Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday.
Sunday
22:00 Hezbollah's Sheikh Hassan Ezzeddine: Just Hezbollah defeated the objectives of the July 2006 war and the plan for a new Middle east, The Palestinians in Gaza will defeat any plot to end the Palestinian issue
21:40 Two male bodies and an injured female were found in a beach-side chalet on the seaside road of Halat-Jbeil on Sunday evening.
21:00 Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a mass rally in support of Gaza at 3:00pm Monday in south Beirut. The enemy might launch some sort of an action against Lebanon and are ready he declared. He indicated that Israel and "its agents" might be behind deploying the rockets in Naqoura area. He said only the resistance would protect our rights. Nasrallah launched an attack against Egypt and the Egyptians to rise against their government . He also urged the Egyptian army forces to urged their leaders to open the crossing to Gaza. He called the Israeli aggression on Gaza a "new Kerbalaa"
19:20 Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah : "What is happening in Gaza is very dangerous . We support the Palestinians and their resistance and are hopeful that as we were victorious in 2006 Hamas will be victorious in this war "
19:12 Official Syrian source: What is happening in Gaza shuts the door against and peace talks between Syria and Israel
19:00 The Future Movement called on all Lebanese factions to be aware of the current regional danger and to uphold their responsibility to protect Lebanon from danger. The movement also called for “the largest” campaign to support the Palestinian population during their crisis. Future also called on the international community and the UN Security Council to act quickly to stop the Israeli attack against the Palestinians. The movement also called on Hamas and Fatah, to reconcile their differences which it said facilitated Israel’s “terrorist and bloody” attacks
18:49 Relief supplies to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing have just started arriving
18:42 Damascus-based Hamas chief, Khaled Meshaal, told Libyan President Muammar al-Gaddafi that “the only request from the Palestinian people is to stop the Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip.”
18:40 clashes between Israeli police and The Arabs of 1948 who are demonstrating in the villages of Umm al-Fahm and Kfarckana against the Gaza attacks
18:35 Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hussam Zaki strongly condemned the protests in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut and said the demonstrators have the wrong address
18:32 Hussain Rahhal, spokesman of Hezbollah : What is happening in Gaza is not directed against Hamas but it is a plot for a new area under the control of Israel following the failure of the US and some Arab countries are a party to this plot
18:03 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni calls on the international community to support the Israeli military operation in the Gaza strip “which intends to change the situation and return calm.”
17:20 AP: A Syrian source told the Associated Press Damascus has decided to suspend its indirect talks with Israel over the Gaza aggression.
17:20 Two killed and 20 injured during Israeli strikes on Egypt-Gaza border tunnels.
17:15 Israel pounds tunnels linking Gaza to Egypt.
17:10 The Hamas health ministry said the Israeli air raids on Gaza have killed at least 300 people and wounded 1000.
17:07 PM Siniora received a phone call from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during which they discussed the Gaza situation.
17:06 Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri urged Arab counterparts to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the Gaza situation.
16:52 Al-Jazeera reports demonstrators break into the area surrounding London’s Israeli embassy.
16:51 Violent demonstrations take place close to the Israeli embassy in London to protest against Gaza attack.
16:48 Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa says press release issued by UN Security Council is insufficient, despite calling for an end to all military operations.
16:41 British Foreign Secretary David Miliband calls for an urgent ceasefire and immediate halt to all violence in Gaza.
16:40 Jordanian King Abdullah II: The Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip should stop immediately. Violence will not achieve security for Israel and it will not bring peace to the region.
16:38 LAF and UNIFIL intensified security measures south of the Litani River on Sunday to prevent anyone exploiting the issue outside of the framework of expressing condemnation of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip.
16:23 Israeli forces expand the attack against Gaza and are now bombing the Palestinians from the southern side of Gaza near Rafah gate
16:18 Anti-riot unit of Internal security forces added reinforcement around the Egyptian Embassy when the protesters starting rioting , set up road blocks , set tires on fire and attacked the security forces
16:06 PM Siniora decided to set up a working committee to help the people of Gaza which will include PLO's Abbas Zaki, Hamas' Osama Hamdan, Health Minister Mohammad Khalife . The committee will be based at the Serail and will coordinate efforts with the Red Cross
15:39 New TV: Protestors block the road in front of the Beirut Arab University in Beirut with burning tires. ISF officers use smoke bombs to separate the demonstrators.
15:37 several were wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in front of the Egyptian embassy in Bir Hassan, Beirut
15:20 Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum announced from Gaza the group's refusal to statements made by Abu Mazen ( President Mahmoud Abbas) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Abu Gheit, which held Hamas responsible for the attacks and called on Hamas to execute martyrdom operations, meaning suicide bombings
14:30 : al-Jazeera TV: Lebanese security forces separate by force a demonstration in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut.
13:30 : Sit-ins in front of the UN ESCWA building and Egyptian embassy in Beirut and at Nabaiyeh and Baalbek in support of people in Gaza
13:20 Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday denounced the violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and urged all parties involved in the "tragic situation in the Middle East" to strive for humanity and wisdom.
12:25 AFP: Israel has called in thousands of its reserve soldiers amid Israeli warnings of a limited ground offensive inside the Gaza Strip
11:37 : Social Affairs Minister Mario Aoun to NBN TV: International resolutions dealing with Israel are implemented while those dealing with Arabs remain as ink on paper.
11:35 : Maronite Patriarch Sfeir: What is happening in Gaza is evil; there are over 200 victims from all ages. This is a denounced act, this tragedy must end and not to be repeated.
11:30 : MP Ali Khreis: The rockets uncovered by the Lebanese army close to border town of Naqoura are a lethal weapon against the resistance, the Lebanese military and the country.
11:30 Israeli jetfighters bombed Al-Aqsa satellite TV station and stopped its broadcast.
11:27 : At least five Israeli warplanes carry virtual air raids over Nabatiyeh, Iqleem al Tufah, Marjeyoun, Khiam, Arqoub. Israeli MK-type reconnaissance aircraft flew over the south all night until dawn .
11:20 : Future Bloc Mp Mustapha Alloush told ANB TV: the Palestinian people must unite because it is the only means that will save Palestinian blood from being shed.
11:15 Hamas Militants launched Grad rockets deeper into Israel , 30 kilometers north of the Gaza Strip .One rocket landed near the Israeli town of Yavne, without causing injuries, according to Israeli medics.
11:00 : PLO Secretary in Lebanon Sultan Abul Ainain to New TV: If Hamas did not hinder the Palestinian dialogue we would have avoided all that is happening in Gaza
10:40 UN: Riad Mansour , Palestine’s envoy to the UN said his government would wait for one to two days and observe the implementation of the UNSCR non-binding resolution. The UN Security Council early Sunday called for an immediate end to all military activities in the Gaza Strip and urged the parties to address the humanitarian crisis in the territory.
10:30 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak in Cairo to discuss the Israeli attack on Gaza.
10:09 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak vows to expand the massive Israeli military campaign against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
10:00 Bkirki: In his Sunday Ceremony , Patriarch Sfeir denounced the Israeli air offensive against the Hamas-run Gaza strip and called them “an evil deed.” He described the situation as “a tragedy that should be ended and not occur again.”
09:36 The UN Security Council early Sunday called for an immediate end to all military activities in the Gaza Strip and urged the parties to address the humanitarian crisis in the territory.
09:15 AFP: The massive Israeli air bombardment of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip has killed 271 people so far, according to the head of the Gaza's emergency services
09:15 Al-Jazeera reports that Israeli fighter jets are bombarding the headquarters of the Hamas government in Gaza.
09:02 Future TV : Ismail Haniya’s Hamas government ordered the release of all Fatah prisoners in fear of their safety from intense Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip.
08:58 Many people were wounded early on Sunday after Israel carried out an air strike on a Hamas police station in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses said.
08:29 The UN Security Council early Sunday weighed a non-binding statement that would call for an immediate end to the deadly Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip as well to the rocket attacks on Israeli territory that triggered them.
07:59 Israel could launch a ground operation in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in addition to its massive air campaign against Islamist targets, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday.
Saturday
22:20 PM Siniora said after meeting president Suleiman at Baabda Palace : Every Arab in every Arab country is denouncing the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Consultations are ongoing with other Arab countries to decide on next step. Siniora said investigations continue regarding the 8 rockets found Christmas day in south Lebanon and stressed that Lebanon is fully committed to 1701
21:58 Potato farmers have opted for a sit-in outside the wards that are full of potatoes and asked the government to delay the imports of Saudi potatoes until February 2009 because the imports would cause a major disaster as the market is overstocked and the prices in the local market are very depressed . The current price is 300 LL/ Kg ( 20 cents ) while the cost of production is 600 LL /kg ( 40cents) according to the farmers's spokesman
21:55 Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called for Palestinians to wage a new Intifada against Israel, including a return to suicide missions.
21:50 The international highway linking the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli to Akkar was blocked in protest against Israeli air raids on Gaza.
21:40 Libya called for withdrawing the 2002 Arab peace initiative following the deadly Israeli raids on Gaza.
21:30 The head of the Hamas government in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, insisted on Saturday the Islamist movement will not cave in to Israel's deadly attacks even if Israel wipes out the Palestinian territory.
21:15 Lebanon's PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt called on the Hamas Movement to open channels of dialogue with the Fatah faction away from Arab and Non-Arab interference.
20:20 The U.S. "holds Hamas responsible" for the renewal of deadly violence in Gaza after the Islamist group broke its ceasefire with Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
20:17 March 14 alliance: the brutal massacres in Gaza require an Arab and International move to deter Israel and force it to stop its blatant aggression
19:00 Middle East envoy Tony Blair called for an end the violence in Gaza. He called on Hamas to stop the rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel and called on Israeli to stop the air strikes on the Hamas- controlled strip.
18:44 UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for an immediate halt to violence in Gaza following Israeli air strikes that killed more than 205 Palestinians.
18:40 Health Minister Mohammed Khalife to New TV: We asked for a copy of the list of requested humanitarian aid to Palestinians so we could send them to hospitals in Gaza.
18: 40 At least 205 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza
16:58 Hezbollah said : What is going on in Gaza is an Israeli war crime and represents genocide and called for speedy U.N. action as well as action by the international community' because silence is tantamount to complicity in this aggression. '
16:55 Syria described Israeli attacks on Gaza as "barbaric aggression" and called for an emergency Arab summit.
16:50 Israeli strikes on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip will continue for "as long as necessary," according to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
15:54 FPM leader MP Michel Aoun told the National Christian Gathering conference in Batroun: I assured the Patriarch during my visit to Bkirki that Syria will not return to Lebanon and that relations between the two countries will be at the level of government institutions.
15:47 Marada Movement leader Sleiman Franjieh told the National Christian Gathering conference in Batroun: Our alliance with the Free Patriotic Movement is honest. We are partners in this country and all other options are mere illusions.
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