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Indonesian Muslims protest Israel offensive 
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Thousands of Indonesians have held street rallies to condemn Israel's offensive in the Middle East as the capital Jakarta braced for a major protest.Casualties in Lebanon-Israel fighting AP via Yahoo! News - 29 minutes ago
At least 660 people have been reported killed in Lebanon and Israel since fighting broke out July 12 between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel: Hezbollah rocket tally at 3,000 AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 11:59 AM
More than 3,000 Hezbollah rockets have hit northern Israel in more than three weeks of fighting, the Israeli army said Saturday.Hezbollah will stop fighting if Israel does so, pulls out: minister AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 9:45 AM
A Hezbollah cabinet minister has said his group's guerrillas would accept a ceasefire only once Israel halts attacks and pulls out of southern Lebanon.Israel underestimated Hezbollah: British analyst AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 7:57 AM
Israel completely underestimated the size of Hezbollah's arsenal and has been seemingly wrongfooted by the Shiite militant group's strength and nature, an expert at a London-based think-thank has told AFP.Israel warns residents of Sidon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 6:05 AM
Israel said on Saturday it planned to bomb "Hizbollah rocket launching sites" in Sidon and warned the inhabitants of south Lebanon's biggest city to leave.Israel renews attacks on Beirut suburbs AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 12:06 AM
Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Fire as U.S., France Plan Cease-Fire Bloomberg.com - Aug 05 8:41 AM
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli war planes pounded villages across southern Lebanon and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia fired rockets deeper into Israel as the U.S. and France agreed today on the outlines for an internationally policed cease-fire.In Israel, Questions About the Conflict Washington Post - Aug 04 9:46 PM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 -- With much of Israel's northern population huddling in underground shelters and Hezbollah proving more resilient than Israeli leaders had publicly predicted, Israel's news media, intellectual elite and public are starting to question the judgment of the country's political and...Israel's bombs cut off Beirut CNN.com - Aug 04 9:06 PM
After bombing the last land routes into Beirut, and effectively cutting off the Lebanese capital from relief supplies, Israel issued a statement saying the attacks were designed to thwart Syrian attempts to arm Hezbollah.Charles Krauthammer: Israel can prove value by defeating Hezbollah New Hampshire Union Leader - 36 minutes ago
ISRAEL'S WAR with Hezbollah is a war to secure its northern border, to defeat a terrorist militia bent on Israel's destruction, to restore Israeli deterrence in the age of the missile. But even more is at stake. Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous a military failure in Lebanon would be to its relationship with America, Israel's most vital lifeline.Israel, Hezbollah seek to inflict maximum damage in the face of a U.N. cease-fire resolution Deseret Morning News - Aug 05 4:26 PM
Israel and Hezbollah sharply intensified fighting Saturday with airstrikes, rocket attacks and brutal ground fighting an apparent bid to inflict maximum mutual damage even as the United States and France agreed on a draft U.N. resolution calling for a halt to the violence.Israel is supported by inhumanity ArabicNews.com - 31 minutes ago
Israel has shown its face to the world as a brutal entity, devoid of humanity. It has shown little regard for human life, rule of law, and first resort to institutions as avenue to resolve conflict instead of resorting to bombs.Israel Cuts Lebanon's Last Supply Link CBS News - Aug 05 7:07 AM
Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes, including bombings that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.Risks Escalate as Israel Fights a Ground War New York Times - Aug 04 8:01 PM
The plan to destroy Hezbollah from the air has proved wanting, and now, nervously, Israel is pushing a major ground offensive.Israel's attack on Lebanon relate to US Greater Middle East plan; Iran official ArabicNews.com - 29 minutes ago
An Iranian official today said that the Israel's aggression on Lebanon and Palestine is associated with the US Greater Middle East plan and Israel's key role in it, adding that this time, Washington has miscalculated.MPs attack government for breaking its own guidelines on arms sales to Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
The government must explain why it continues to approve the sale of arms to Israel in apparent breach of its own guidelines, a cross-party committee of senior backbenchers demand today.Hizballah vs. Israel The Daily Iberian - 51 minutes ago
Have not see much posting about the Israel/Hizballah conflict so I'll add some info for future use.Israel renews raids on Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 7:49 PM
Lebanon suffered more Israeli airstrikes on Saturday, a day after jets killed at least 40 civilians and Hizbollah rockets hit deep inside Israel, as world powers edged slowly toward a deal to end hostilities.Syria accuses Israel of bombing Qaa intentionally Khaleej Times - 16 minutes ago
DAMASCUS - Syria late Saturday accused Israel of having intentionally bombed the Lebanese village of Qaa near the Syrian border where 28 people, mostly Syrians, were killed, the official Sana news agency reported.Muslims stage anti-Israel rally in Germany ArabicNews.com - 30 minutes ago
Over 2,000 German-based Muslims staged an anti-Israel rally in the city of Hamburg, northern Germany, yesterday afternoon condemning Israel's carnage in Lebanon and Palestine.Israel hit Tyre, Lebanon, after it was forced to retreat ArabicNews.com - 30 minutes ago
Israel today launched its heaviest bombardment of Tyre, southern Lebanon after marines failed to penetrate into Lebanese territory in the face of fierce resistance from Lebanese defense force.Indian demonstrators call on states to denounce Israel ArabicNews.com - 29 minutes ago
Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the bombardment of innocent men, women and children in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip by Israel on Saturday.Israel and Hezbollah intensify fighting Aljazeera - Aug 05 5:20 PM
Israel and Hezbollah have sharply intensified fighting - an apparent bid to inflict maximum mutual damage in the days remaining before a draft UN ceasefire resolution takes hold.Israel accused 'intentional' attack News Interactive - Aug 05 5:21 PM
SYRIA has accused Israel overnight of having "intentionally" bombed the Lebanese village of Qaa near the Syrian border where 28 people, mostly Syrians, were killed, the official Sana news agency reported.Indian Jews 'fighting' for Israel's cause New Kerala - 12 minutes ago
Aizawl, Aug 6: Even as India has strongly condemned Israel's indiscriminate bombing on Lebanon and sought an immediate truce, at least nine immigrant Jews from the northeastern states are reported donning Israeli Army colours.Israel severs last Syrian supply link to Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets rain down 5 Eyewitness News - Aug 05 4:08 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air strikes Friday - including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date.Israel blasts key bridges Chicago Tribune - Aug 05 3:50 AM
Rockets from Hezbollah barrage hit 25 miles from Tel Aviv Beirut is further isolated as food supply dwindles Israeli warplanes blasted a broad range of targets across Lebanon on Friday, killing at least 30 people, striking deep into the Christian heartland and shutting down the last major highway linking Lebanon to the outside world, as Hezbollah retaliated by firing rockets deeper into Israel Palestinians launch more homemade rockets at Israel People's Daily - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Palestinian militant groups fought back by firing five homemade rockets on Israel targets Saturday, vowing more rocket attacks as long as the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip continues.Westwood rally planned to protest Israel military North County Times - Aug 05 5:03 PM
WESTWOOD - About 1,000 people were expected to rally Saturday to protest Israel's military campaign against Lebanon and to support Palestinians in Gaza.U.S., France reach deal on Israel-Hezbollah resolution Houston Chronicle - Aug 05 8:18 AM
The United States and France agreed today on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked, officials said. Israel-Hezbollah draft resolution calls for "full cessation of hostilities" CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 05 11:07 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft UN Security Council resolution that calls for a "full cessation" of fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked.Israel May Step Up Military Campaign Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 05 11:10 AM
Israel has indicated it may step up its military operations in Lebanon after the US and France agreed a draft resolution aimed at halting the violence.Israel's economy can weather conflict Financial Express - 4 minutes ago
BEFORE the conflict erupted three weeks ago, Israel's budget was in surplus thanks to booming tax revenues and reform enacted in recent years. There was even talk of cuts in the country's defence spending, previously a sacred cow protected by entrenched political and military interests.Israel launches heaviest bombardment of Lebanon Hindustan Times - Aug 05 4:40 PM
Israel on Saturday launched its heaviest bombardment of the nearly month-long conflict in southern Lebanon, carrying out 250 air raids and firing 4,000 shells, and its naval commandos attacked targets near the port city of Tyre to prevent rocket launches by the Hezbollah.Israel Lebanon: Protests KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Aug 05 2:53 PM
(Stations: This incorporates and tops Israel-Lebanon: Britain) Marchers in Britain, South Africa, Egypt, protest Israeli attacks in Lebanon LONDON (AP) _...Hezbollah Rockets Barrage Israel Voice of America - Aug 05 10:17 AM
Three Israelis were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel Saturday.Where did Israel go wrong? Zaman Online - Aug 05 2:10 PM
Israel is asking itself: Where did MOSSAD, considered to be one of the world s famous intelligence-gathering organizations, and the powerful Israeli army that challenges the whole Arab world go wrong? Why were there mistaken calculations?Syria Blames Israel for Massacre Israel National News - 24 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem called the IDF attack in the Qana area a premeditated act, blaming Israel for the massacre in Qana, in which tens of civilians were killed.Hizbollah rockets kill 3, land deeper into Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 1:38 PM
Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas into northern Israel from Lebanon killed at least three people and landed in the deepest area yet since the start of an offensive three weeks ago.Malaysia rejects talks with Israel Dawn - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has rejected a call from Israel for dialogue aimed at reaching a resolution to the Middle East crisis, a media report said on Saturday.Satirists Poke Fun at Israel, Hezbollah Los Angeles Times - Aug 05 12:42 AM
NAHARIYA, Israel -- Satirists are pouring their energies into the war effort, helping Israelis blow off steam by poking fun at their politicians and generals, and of course at Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.A Brother Hopes Anew for Man Long Held by Israel Washington Post - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
BEIRUT -- Amid the chaos and grief of the three-week-old war here, Bassam al-Qantar has allowed himself to hope. After years trying to get his brother Samir out of an Israeli prison, he said, now may finally be the time.U.S., France reach deal on Israel-Hezbollah resolution Newsday - Aug 05 8:42 AM
The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked, officials said.Hezbollah fires rockets near Israel town AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 11:59 AM
Hezbollah launched its deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date, firing three Hezbollah rockets Friday near a town 50 miles south of the Lebanese border, police said.'Israel should give up land' Mail and Guardian - Aug 05 3:10 PM
A growing number of South African Jews think Israel should trade land for peace, a survey by the University of Cape Town s Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research has shown.Israel Severs Major Lebanon Supply Link ABC News - Aug 04 10:23 PM
Israel Severs Lebanon's Last Major Tie to Syria; Hezbollah Launches Deepest Rocket Strike YetIsrael arrests Palestinian parliament speaker USA Today - Aug 05 5:26 PM
Israeli forces arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament at his house in the West Bank early Sunday, and pressed their monthlong offensive in Gaza against Hamas.Carter: Bush 'worst ally Israel has had' CNN.com - Aug 05 5:51 PM
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) -- Former President Carter, who helped broker the historic Camp David peace accord, said President Bush has pursued an "erroneous policy" that has fostered violence in the Middle East.Five Palestinians killed as Israel presses Gaza offensive AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Three Palestinian children and two militants have been killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli military pressed an incursion in the southern city of Rafah.Hezbollah resumes rocket attacks on northern Israel KTRE-TV East Texas - Aug 05 12:11 PM
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel Three and a-half weeks after Israel began an all-out campaign to stop Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group is still raining down rockets on Israel.Israel waging a secret war... Gulf Daily News - Aug 05 5:22 PM
ISRAEL is waging another, "secret" war against the Palestinians, as the world's eyes are watching its onslaught against Lebanon, says a Bahraini charity worker in the West Bank. Sixty per cent of Palestinian government officials have been seized and jailed and day-to-day economic strangulation continues against the Palestinian people, Layla Kaiksow told the GDN from Bethlehem.Israel: Hezbollah Rocket Tally at 3,000 The Daily Comet - Aug 05 12:06 PM
More than 3,000 Hezbollah rockets have hit northern Israel in more than three weeks of fighting, the Israeli army said Saturday. The guerrillas fired 170 rockets into Israel on Saturday, killing three civilians. In all, 33 Israeli civilians have been killed by rockets since fighting began July 12.UN peace draft favours Israel Gulf News - Aug 05 3:04 PM
Dubai: The United States and France yesterday agreed on a UN draft resolution that favoured Israel. The draft called for a "full cessation of hostilities" in Lebanon and gave Israel the right to respond to Hezbollah attacks while withholding that right from the Lebanese group.Northern Israel exodus leaves old, weak and poor to face rockets AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 10:58 AM
As the rockets rain down on northern Israel, tens of thousands of terrified Israelis have fled to the south, leaving mainly the old, weak or those too poor to get out.Hezbollah rockets hammer northern Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 10:30 AM
Hezbollah rockets hammered northern Israel on Friday, including a half-hour barrage of 45 missiles that killed four Israelis, three of them Arabs.Bucks teen's trip to Israel worries mom phillyburbs.com - Aug 05 7:09 AM
Aaron Stanczak, 16, in Israel on an educational trip, is in an Arab/Israeli peace village.Hezbollah, Israel step up the fighting NorthJersey.com - Aug 05 5:46 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce airstrikes Friday -- including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date.Wider foray brings new perils for Israel International Herald Tribune - Aug 04 2:12 PM
Israel now has an estimated 10,000 troops in southern Lebanon trying to build a buffer zone free of Hezbollah, and the risks are already evident: seven Israeli soldiers killed in two days.We'll stop if Israel halts attacks... Gulf Daily News - Aug 05 5:27 PM
BEIRUT: A Hizbollah cabinet minister said yesterday his group's fighters would accept a ceasefire only once Israel halts attacks and pulls out of southern Lebanon. "We are in a defence situation.Israel Severs Major Lebanon Supply Link ABC News - Aug 04 8:53 PM
Israel Cuts Lebanon's Key Supply Link With Syria; Hezbollah Launches Deepest Rocket Strike YetIsrael severs Lebanon road link to Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 8:51 AM
Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria.Hezbollah to stop fighting if Israel does News Interactive - Aug 05 10:06 AM
A HEZBOLLAH cabinet minister said Saturday his group's guerrillas would accept a ceasefire only once Israel halts attacks and pulls out of southern Lebanon.Up with Israel Town Online - Aug 05 3:39 PM
1. Give. Donate to the Israel Crisis Fund. One hundred percent of your donation will help Israelis in need. Visit www.jewishnorthshore.org to donate now or call the Federation at 978-745-4222.Israel Claims Success In Night Raid Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 05 6:07 AM
Israel has claimed that its commando raid overnight on Lebanon's southern port city of Tyre killed a senior Hizbollah commander. It said the man in question had been firing long-range missiles into Israel.Israel urged to let aid get through Boston Globe - Aug 05 1:23 AM
The United Nations has protested to Israel over attacks on roads yesterday that have blocked the UN from delivering aid to Lebanese civilians in the south. The UN demanded that Israel allow aid corridors to be opened, a UN spokesman said. The bombing of bridges north of Beirut cut off the coastal highway to Syria, a key route ...Israel underestimated Hezbollah: British analyst Khaleej Times - Aug 05 10:51 AM
LONDON - Israel completely underestimated the size of Hezbollah s arsenal and has been seemingly wrongfooted by the Shiite militant group s strength and nature, an expert at a London-based think-thank told AFP Saturday.Israel Accuses Ohio College Professor of Spying WTOL News 11 - Aug 05 1:50 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Ohio college professor has been accused by Israel of spying for Hezbollah and Iran, his lawyer and Israeli government officials in the United States told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Israel and US Looking for a Lebanon Pretext to Attack Iran Payvand Iran News - Aug 05 9:07 AM
The criminal war waged by Israel against Lebanon is the first stage of a regional war against Syria and Iran planned for months by the US and Israel with support from Tony Blair. Determined to widen the conflict by attacking Syria and Iran, the three aggressor countries Israel, the US and the UK, have firmly opposed and continue to oppose an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon -Abbas Edalat, CASMIIIsrael commandos target Hezbollah leaders in Tyre TurkishPress.com - Aug 05 10:35 AM
TYRE - Israeli naval commandos landed in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre Saturday, storming an apartment block and killing three Hezbollah militants in fierce clashes before returning to Israel.Israel warns residents of Sidon RedNova - Aug 05 9:11 AM
By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it planned to bomb "Hizbollah rocket launching sites" in Sidon and warned the inhabitants of south Lebanon's biggest city to leave. The Israeli army announced its intentions as a senior U.S.Israel warns residents of Sidon to leave ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Aug 05 7:30 AM
BEIRUT - Israel said on Saturday it planned to bomb "Hezbollah rocket launching sites" in Sidon and warned the inhabitants of south Lebanon's biggest city to leave.One Million Indonesians Of All Religions To Protest Against Israel Bernama - Aug 05 7:58 AM
JAKARTA, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- Some one million Indonesians of all religions are expected to take to the streets of this capital city in a massive demonstration tomorrow against Israel's aggression in Lebanon and Palestine.Venezuela's diplomat recall concerns Israel CNN.com - Aug 04 8:07 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Friday it was concerned over the recall of Venezuela's top diplomat in Israel, but had not yet decided how to respond.Israel boosts airstrikes to block supply routes Contra Costa Times - Aug 05 3:23 AM
Israel expanded its air campaign against Lebanon on Friday in an apparent effort to prevent Hezbollah from receiving new supplies from Syria and Iran.Israel Releases Ohio College Professor Accused of Spying WTOL News 11 - Aug 05 1:41 PM
WADSWORTH, Ohio (AP) - Israel has released an Ohio college professor it had accused of spying, his wife said Sunday. Ghazi Falah, a geography professor at the University of Akron, had been jailed since he was arrested July 8 after taking photos of Israeli installations along the northern border.RP asks Israel to let OFWs leave Lebanon by sea Manila Bulletin - Aug 05 9:47 AM
The Philippines has asked Israel to allow a large group of Filipino workers to flee Lebanon through a naval blockade imposed by the Israelis on their northern neighbor, an official said yesterday.Israel, Hezbollah fight ground battle Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Aug 05 3:44 AM
Given the determination of Hezbollah and Israel to look victorious, the worst of the fighting may lie ahead.Three women killed by rockets in Israel News Interactive - Aug 05 7:51 AM
THREE women were killed Saturday in northern Israel by rockets fired from south Lebanon, rescue services reported.Israel's 'time running out' News 24 South Africa - Aug 05 12:21 PM
Time is running out for Israel's military campaign in Lebanon after the completion of a draft UN security council resolution says an Israeli cabinet minister.Both Israel and Hezbollah likely to declare victory Provo Daily Herald - Aug 05 2:30 AM
JERUSALEM -- When the fighting is over, both Israel and Hezbollah are likely to declare victory. But the truth will be far more complicated. Hezbollah looks certain to be pushed back from Israel's border, but its standing in the Arab world will remain high..A deathly quiet descends on northern Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 8:05 AM
Two days ago, two dozen empty tourist buses turned up in this town in the far north of Israel, just across the border from Lebanon, and carted away another 1,200 people.Israel Expands Lebanon Bombing CBS News - Aug 04 5:37 PM
In a sharp expansion of Israel's bombing of Lebanon, highway bridges were hit for the first time north of Beirut. Israel also continued striking southern Beirut. A Lebanese official says missiles killed 28 farm workers near the Lebanon-Syria border.Thousands Demonstrate Against Israel in Egypt Israel National News - Aug 05 2:35 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of anti-Israel protestors took to the streets of Cairo over the weekend calling on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to permit them to join Hizbullah s fight against Israel.Iraqi Shiites chant 'Death to Israel' AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 7:35 AM
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday in a show of support for Hezbollah militants battling Israeli troops in Lebanon.Israel pounds Tyre, Lebanon, after its marines forced to retreat Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 05 8:14 AM
Lebanon - Israel - Tyre Israel on Saturday launched its heaviest bombardment of Tyre, southern Lebanon after marines failed to penetrate into Lebanese territory in the face of fierce resistance from Lebanese defense force.Leave or be bombed, Israel tells Lebanese city SABC News - Aug 05 8:04 AM
Israel told residents of Sidon today to evacuate south Lebanon's biggest city ahead of air strikes on Hizbollah offices and rocket launching sites it said were located there.Resolution seeks end to hostilities, gives Israel right to defend itself KBCI Boise - Aug 05 11:52 AM
UNITED NATIONS The United States and France are proposing a U-N resolution that calls for a "full cessation" of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah) guerrillas.Militants on anti-Israel missions: leader Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 5:52 AM
More than 200 Islamic militants from Southeast Asia have been sent on missions to attack Israel's interests and countries that support the Jewish state, their leader said on Friday.Hezbollah rockets kill 3 people in Israel Khaleej Times - Aug 05 8:14 AM
HAIFA, Israel - Hezbollah rocket barrages from Lebanon killed three people and wounded five in Israel on Saturday, police and medics said. The three died when a rocket hit a house in the Israeli Arab village of Arab al-Aramshe.U.S., France Reach Deal On Israel-Hizballah Resolution Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Aug 05 8:21 AM
August 5, 2006 -- The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, says the United States and France have reached agreement on a UN Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hizballah militants.U-S and France close to agreement on U-N resolution to end Israel-Hezbollah fighting WHO-TV Des Moines - Aug 05 8:20 AM
UNITED NATIONS U-N Ambassador John Bolton says he's close to agreement with his French counterpart on a security council resolution aimed at ending the war between Israel and Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah).Israel hits Beirut as Tel Aviv braces after rocket threat AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 5:09 AM
Israeli warplanes have pounded Christian areas to the north and Shiite Muslim suburbs south of Beirut as Israel's biggest city Tel Aviv braced for a rain of retaliatory Hezbollah rocket fire.Photo exhibition depicting Israel's crimes opens in Manila Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 05 5:04 AM
Iran - Philippines - Fair The cultural section of Iran's embassy in the Philippines has held a photo exhibition in Manila displaying Israel's inhuman crimes against the defenseless people of Lebanon and Palestine.Israel Escalates Offensive ERT.gr - Aug 05 10:17 AM
Pending the UN Security Council s decision, which would provide for the immediate cessation of hostilities, Israel decided to widen its assault against Lebanon.Israel bombs bridges while Hezbollah rockets fly Chicago Tribune - Aug 04 4:37 PM
Israeli warplanes blasted a broad range of targets across Lebanon on Friday, killing at least 30 people, striking deep into the Christian heartland and shutting down the last major highway linking Lebanon to the outside world, as Hezbollah retaliated by firing rockets deeper into Israel than ever before. New Hezbollah Barrage as Israel Extends Strikes North New York Times - Aug 04 5:35 AM
Hezbollah attacks today killed at least one, after 12 Israelis were killed on Thursday. Also, the Christian heartland north of Beirut was hit by Israel for the first time.Lebanon: Israel wages war of starvation AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 4:56 AM
Israel is waging a "war of starvation" on Lebanon's civilians in an effort to force the government to agree to Israel's demands, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said in a statement issued Friday.A deadly quiet descends on northern Israel towns Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 5:57 AM
Two days ago, two dozen buses turned up in this town in the far north of Israel, just across the border from Lebanon, and carted away another 1,200 people.Israel cuts off major supply route Laredo Morning Times - Aug 05 8:49 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday including bombing raids that severed Lebanon s last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.