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26 July 2006 (Wednesday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon contacted Israeli troops 10 times before an Israeli bomb killed four of them, an initial UN report says.(BBC NEWS)
  • Four United Nations observers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon.(BBC NEWS)
  • UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in the Middle East.(Sky), (BBC NEWS)
  • the battle of Bint Jbail intensifies.(Ynetnews)
    • 12 Israeli soldiers were killed today as IDF forces attempt to gain control of a key hilltop in southern Lebanon. (AP)

26 July 2006 (Tuesday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Four United Nations observers are killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon. An initial UN report says they contacted the Israeli troops 10 times before an incoming bomb killed four of them. (BBC NEWS), (BBC NEWS)
  • UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in the Middle East. (Sky), (BBC NEWS)
  • The Battle of Bint Jbail intensifies. (Ynetnews)
  • Nine Israeli soldiers are killed as IDF forces attempt to gain control of a key hilltop in southern Lebanon. (AP), (BBC NEWS)

25 July 2006 (Tuesday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Israeli army radio reports that Israeli Army chief of staff Dan Halutz has ordered the air force to destroy 10 multi-story buildings in the Dahaya district (of Beirut) in response to every rocket fired on Haifa. As of Sunday the ratio of reported deaths was more than 17:1. (News24)
  • Four UN peace keepers die after, being, according to the United Nations, shelled 14 times by Israeli artillery, and a rescue team was also shelled as it tried to clear the rubble. "I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by IDF of a UN Observer post in southern Lebanon," UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a statement from Rome. Israeli ambassadors expressed regret but called the assertion that the attacks were deliberate "baseless". The IDF will investigate the incident. (BBC News) (CTV NEWS) Also, the IDF announces that it has killed Abu Jafaar, a leading Hezbullah commander in charge of the central Lebanese border. (Haaretz)(CNN)
  • United States-based Human Rights Watch says Israel has used cluster bombs in civilian areas during its assault on Lebanon.(BBC NEWS), (Al-Jazeera)
  • A missile fired by Israel, has hit a house in Lebanon; seven civilians confirmed dead. (AP)
  • Israel says it will keep control over an area in southern Lebanon until an international force can be deployed.(BBC), (Al-Jazeera)(NY Times)
  • 90 rockets have been fired at northern Israel, killing an Israeli-Arab teenager and wounding about 20 others. (Haaretz)
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Operation Summer Rains):
  • The Israeli army has been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields in an operation in northern Gaza. According to the Israeli human rights group, B'tselem, six civilians including two minors were subjected to the illegal tactic during an incursion into the town of Beit Hanoun last week.(BBC NEWS)

24 July 2006 (Monday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah announces in an interview with Al-Jazeera that he discussed the abduction of the two Israeli soldiers with Lebanese political leaders before the attack occurred. (Memri)
  • Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warns Israel over its actions in Lebanon. (BBC)
• Iraq War:
  • Saddam Hussein, 69, the deposed former Iraqi President, has been force-fed in a Baghdad hospital through a tube after 16 days of hunger strike. (Reuters), (BBC)
  • Two powerful bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood kill at least 66. (Washington Post)

23 July 2006 (Sunday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • The UN's Jan Egeland has condemned the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes in Beirut, saying it is a violation of humanitarian law.(BBC NEWS)
  • Two Israeli civilians are killed by Hezbollah rocket attacks on Haifa. More than 2200 rockets have been fired at Israeli cities since the beginning of the conflict, killing 17 Israelis, all of them civilians. 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in other incidents. About 300 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed by Israeli forces. (Ynet), (Haaretz), (People's Daily Online)
  • Israel and the United States governments say they would accept NATO forces deployed along the Lebanese/Israeli border.(Gulfnews), (Reuters)
• Ariel Sharon's condition worsens. (BBC)

22 July 2006 (Saturday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • The European Union sends experts to Cyprus to help coordinate provision of emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon. (Reuters)
  • Israel has carried out air strikes and small-scale incursions into Lebanon, as troops and tanks gather on the border.(BBC NEWS)
  • Thousands of people across the UK demonstrate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon. (BBC News)
  • Israel has massed soldiers and tanks on the border with Lebanon and called up thousands of reserve troops, in a possible prelude to a ground offensive. (BBC News)
  • The New York Times reports that the United States is speeding up a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel. Israel apparently requested the weapons to use against targets in Lebanon. (New York Times)(BBC NEWS)

21 July 2006 (Friday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Israel moves thousands of troops to the Lebanese border including reserves to deal with fierce fighting. (UPI)
  • Israel is continuing its Lebanon military offensive, with war planes bombing more than 40 targets, mainly in southern parts of Beirut, on Friday. (BBC NEWS)
  • United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will outline a plan for a diplomatic solution to the crisis and will tour the area next week. (Boston Globe)
  • The UN-led call for a ceasefire is blocked by the United States, UK and Israel. (The Star), (News24), (Reuters), (ABCnews), (The Independent).

20 July 2006 (Thursday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon must stop immediately, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said.(BBC NEWS)
  • Two Israeli Apache helicopters collide, leaving five injured. A pilot has reportedly died. (National Nine News)
• Iran states that it is determined to produce nuclear fuel on its territory. It will respond officially to a Western incentive package on August 22, 2006.

19 July 2006 (Wednesday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon must stop immediately, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said.(BBC NEWS)
  • Two Israeli soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.(BBC NEWS)
  • At least 55 civilians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon.(BBC NEWS)
  • Israeli ground troops cross the border into Lebanon in a limited incursion. (International Herald Tribune)
  • Israeli airstrikes hit the southern suburbs of Beirut near the airport. (CNN)
  • A cruise ship carrying 1000 Americans leaves Beirut for Cyprus as the fighting enters its second week. (Associated Press)
  • Israeli warplanes attack bunker in south Beirut believed to contain Hezbollah leaders. (Associated Press)
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Operation Summer Rains):
  • At least nine Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank.(BBC NEWS)

18 July 2006 (Tuesday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
  • Western governments evacuate their citizens from Lebanon any way they can. (CNN)
  • Israel intercepts a rocket shipment from Syria to Hezbollah. (Ynet)
  • Israel closes Haifa's port after Hezbollah rockets rain on the port-city, wounding two people.
  • The Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by 2.8 percent due to uncertainty in the Middle East. (Bloomberg)
  • Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert vows to keep fighting until the captured soldiers are released and Israeli citizens are safe. (ABC News America)

17 July 2006 (Monday)

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
  • Israel has rebuffed a UN call for an international monitoring force to be deployed in Lebanon as it continued to attack the country.(Al-Jazeera)
  • At least 10 Lebanese have died in an Israeli attack on their vehicles in the south of the country, sources say.(BBC NEWS)
  • Israel extends its air campaign to northernmost Lebanon, killing at least 14, among them 9 soldiers, after Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa. (BBC), (Haaretz), (Al-Jazeera)
  • Israel claims to have destroyed a long-range Iranian missile capable of hitting Tel Aviv in an airstrike on Lebanon. (India Daily)