Last Updated Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:12:39 EDT
CBC News At least three loud blasts were reported Tuesday night near Beirut's airport, as Israel and Hezbollah traded air strikes and rocket attacks in the region for a seventh day.
In another development, Israel took action on a second front, sending tanks into the Gaza Strip. It's not clear what targets were hit in Beirut or whether there were any casualties. |
Wednesday 19 July 2006, 17:30 Makka Time, 14:30 GMT
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Wed Jul 19, 2006
Reuters Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 56 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter on Wednesday, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled north and more foreigners were evacuated.
Israeli troops crossed the border to raid Hizbollah posts and Hizbollah television said three Israeli soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in clashes with the Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas. Israeli medics said earlier two Israeli soldiers had been wounded in the fighting. The army had no immediate comment. Security sources in Lebanon said the clashes occurred during one of three cross-border incursions by Israeli forces. More Hizbollah rockets fell on the Israeli city of Haifa and one hit an empty seafront restaurant. A few people were hurt. |
Last Updated Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:22:52 EDT
CBC News Israel continued its offensive against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday, with warplanes dropping bombs on Beirut and in the south and troops going over the border to search for tunnels and weapons.
At the same time on Wednesday, Israeli cabinet ministers held an emergency meeting in Jerusalem. They have not yet released a statement on the outcome of the meeting. |
AP
July 18, 2006 |
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 09:25 GMT 10:25 UK
At least nine Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
Under heavy gunfire Israeli tanks entered Mughazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip before dawn. At least six Palestinians, including a number of militants, were killed in the latest incursion in a three-week operation in Gaza by the Israelis. Later, three Palestinians were shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources said. |
July 18, 2006 12:20 PM
Dilip Hiro Since it came into being to resist Lebanon's occupation by Israel after its June 1982 invasion, Hizbullah has a long history of taking hostages and using them as bargaining chips to achieve its political aims. After breaking away from the earlier Shia group called Amal, its leaders formed close links with the contingent of 2,000 Revolutionary Guards sent by Iran to fight the Israeli invaders, from its base in Baalbekin eastern Lebanon.
As Hizbullah escalated its guerrilla attacks on Israel in southern Lebanon its military aid from Tehran increased, with Syria acting as the conduit. Through its (domestic) Martyrs Foundation, Iran sent funds to Hizbullah to provide health, education and other public services to the Shia community which, forming two-fifths of the national population is the largest sectarian group in Lebanon. |
By Firas Al-Atraqchi
Tuesday 18 July 2006, 20:49 Makka Time, 17:49 GMT The Israeli-Hezbollah conflict threatens to drag Syria, Iran and the US into a regional war.
As'ad AbuKhalil, author of Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New 'War on Terrorism' as well as The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power, believes the recent violence is a symptom of an international conspiracy under way to enforce UN resolution 1559, which calls for the disarmament of militia groups in Lebanon - a reference to Hezbollah. A professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, AbuKhalil just returned from Lebanon. He also maintains the Angry Arab blogsite (http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ ). |
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The Truth Will Set You Free "The situation is both alarming and catastrophic. There are about 500,000 people displaced already. The situation is extreme" the representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Beirut, Roberto Laurenti, told AFP. |
By Pepe Escobar
07/18/06 "Asia Times" Hezbollah may be writing the book - at least for now - of fourth-generation war. Hezbollah had a reputation as an extremely disciplined, mobile guerrilla force. Now Hezbollah has fully revealed itself as a more than competent asymmetrical actor.
Hezbollah controls a great deal of territory - Beirut's southern suburbs, vast areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, which is sandwiched between two mountain ranges along the Syrian border. Hezbollah enjoys staunch popular support running to probably one and a half million people, almost half the population of Lebanon. And Hezbollah has been capable of unleashing some relatively sophisticated military operations against Israel using both conventional and unorthodox weapons. |
Last Updated Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:43:38 EDT
CBC News A Canadian in the Israeli city of Haifa says she has always felt safe there - until Hezbollah militants started daily shelling that has made her and other residents prisoners in their own homes.
Sharon Berg told CBC News that the "rules have changed" since Hezbollah militants based in southern Lebanon recently acquired longer-range rockets that have been able to hit targets much further south in Israel - including Haifa, its third largest city. Comment: Gee, those poor Israelis. They are having to get used to sirens at night while their neighbours, the Palestinians and the Lebanese have to get used to bombs and death.
Count on the Western media to put the emphasis where it matters. |
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