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Israel responsible for 'massacre' of civilians: Pakistan 
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Pakistan has described the killing of civilians in Israel's offensive in Lebanon as a 'massacre' that could provoke a clash of civilisations.200 Missiles Hit Israel as Battle Rages in Lebanon New York Times - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
As battles raged just over the border, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed today that Israel would fight on until an international force moved into southern Lebanon.Let Israel Finish It Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 4:00 PM
Fighting Terrorism: We've heard increasing calls in recent days for both Israel and Hezbollah to cease hostilities. Bad idea. A cease-fire might make diplomats happy, but it won't solve anything.Hizbollah rockets pepper Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 1:40 PM
Hizbollah fired more rockets into Israel on Wednesday than on any previous day of the 22-day-old war, killing one Israeli and wounding 123 after helicopter-borne commandos launched Israel's deepest raid into Lebanon.Israel Bombards Beirut CBS News - 13 minutes ago
Israel renewed early-morning air strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in the battered outskirts of Beirut. Witnesses said at least four explosions reverberated through Beirut after missiles hit Dahieh, a Shiite Muslim suburb.Israel sends 8,000 troops into Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 9:40 AM
Israel pressed the first full day of a massive new ground attack, sending 8,000 troops into southern Lebanon on Wednesday and seizing five people it said were Hezbollah fighters in a dramatic airborne raid on a northeastern town. Hezbollah retaliated with its deepest strikes yet into Israel, firing a record number of more than 160 rockets.Israel mounts new Gaza incursion BBC News - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
Israel moves 50 tanks into Gaza and kills at least three Palestinian in air strikes, witnesses say.Israel Reaches Deep Inside Lebanon in Overnight Raid New York Times - Aug 02 7:03 AM
Israel reportedly claimed to have seized five senior members of Hezbollah in the raid, while Hezbollah said that those captured were civilians.Pachacutec: Who's A Friend of Israel? HuffingtonPost - Aug 02 5:28 PM
At the beginning of the current cycle of violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, I took part in an email discussion where one participant expressed abject puzzlement over Israel's strategy. What could Israel possibly hope to accomplish, given the most likely set of outcomes? I responded, and one other conversation participant encouraged me to publish my response. I did not deem my Israel launches deepest Lebanon strike AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 6:08 AM
Israel launched its deepest ground strike into Lebanon on Wednesday, claiming it killed 10 Hezbollah guerrillas and captured five in the northeastern city of Baalbek, while nearby air raids killed at least 15 civilians.Bush and Israel: Unlike his father International Herald Tribune - Aug 02 9:42 AM
George W. Bush's embrace of Israel represents a generational and philosophical divide between himself and his father.Hizbollah hits Israel with 182 rockets: police Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 6:48 AM
Hizbollah guerrillas fired at least 182 rockets into Israel on Wednesday, the highest one-day total since the conflict began three weeks ago, Israeli police said.Israel Steps Up Fire by Staff Writers Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 02, 2006 Space War - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Fighting across the Israeli-Lebanese border escalated with a vengeance by mid-week, as more soldiers battled Hezbollah and the Lebanese militiamen set a new record in the number and depth of their rocket attacks on Israel.Most junior Labour MPs are 'very critical' of Israel: lawmaker AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 5:49 AM
The vast majority of junior members of parliament in the governing Labour Party are "very critical" of Israel's offensive in Lebanon and want a ceasefire, a Labour leader has said.Europe Turns Up Heat On Israel And US by Hannah K. Strange U.K. Correspondent London (UPI) Aug 02, 2006 Space War - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
The European Union's call for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East raises questions over how long Israel can stave off international pressure to end its three-week offensive in Lebanon, which has claimed 700 lives and created some one million refugees.For Israel, no cease-fire without peace force International Herald Tribune - Aug 02 9:23 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel's three-week-old offensive in Lebanon would stop only after a robust international peacekeeping force was in place in southern Lebanon.160 rockets slam into Israel in biggest barrage so far AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 5:08 AM
At least 160 rockets have slammed into Israel, the biggest single-day barrage from Lebanon since the Jewish state launched its offensive against Hezbollah three weeks ago, police said.Hizbollah bombards northern Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 4:30 AM
Hizbollah guerrillas bombarded northern Israel with rockets and fought up to 6,000 Israeli troops in Lebanon on Wednesday after Israel vowed to pursue the war until a strong international force arrived.End Israel's ill-conceived assault USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 4:04 AM
How long will the United States and the rest of the civilized world allow Israel to continue killing innocent civilians in Lebanon?Israel Moves Thousands Of Soldiers Into Lebanon Washington Post - Aug 02 4:07 AM
ZARIT, Israel, Aug. 2 -- Thousands of Israeli soldiers streamed into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, as clashes with Hezbollah fighters in at least half a dozen towns marked an intensified ground campaign to dislodge Hezbollah strongholds that have withstood three weeks of aerial bombardment.America s support for Israel under fire MSNBC - Aug 02 3:47 PM
In the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. may not have any soldiers, but it is in the middle of the fight. NBC's David Gregory reports.Rockets hit 60 km inside Israel in deepest Hezbollah strike AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 3:58 AM
Rockets have hit near the Israeli city of Beit Shean, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the Lebanese border, the deepest strike into Israel since the start of the offensive on Hezbollah 22 days ago, public radio said.Israel Attacks 100 Sites; Hezbollah Fires 210 Rockets (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Aug 02 1:06 PM
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli warplanes attacked 100 sites in southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah fired 210 rockets into northern Israel, the most since the conflict began three weeks ago.Israel seizes guerrillas in Lebanon raid AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 1:19 AM
Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and commandos raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles deep in the eastern Bekaa Valley, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.Israel expands battle to widen security zone The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 1:00 AM
A senior Israeli military official said Tuesday night that the 48-hour-period Israel had set aside for a suspension of its airstrikes in Lebanon was coming to an end, and that when it does, Israel will resume attacks on Hizbullah positions through both aerial assaults and sizeable ground operations.Israel hit by Hezbollah barrage BBC News - Aug 02 10:30 AM
Hezbollah fires the biggest number of rockets into Israel so far, as Israel continues its offensive into Lebanon.Israel strikes deep into Lebanon CNN.com - Aug 01 11:47 PM
Israel has spread its military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to its northernmost point in three weeks of fighting, striking outside Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border, Lebanese security sources say.Israel renews strikes near Beirut CBC - 44 minutes ago
Israel launched air strikes near Beirut for the first time in nearly a week early Thursday.Kalms criticises Hague on Israel BBC News - Aug 02 8:57 AM
Margaret Beckett repeatedly rejects calls by MPs on all sides to condemn Israel's actions in the Lebanon.Flavia Colgan: Don't Blame Israel HuffingtonPost - Aug 02 9:58 AM
The deaths of dozens of Lebanese civilians at Qana is a tragic event, and underscores the importance of finding a lasting peace in the Middle East. But it also highlights the difference between Israel's military and the terrorists they are fighting, and which side is really the real barrier to peace. Just after the news of Qana emerged, Israel immediately offered a sincere apology, Israel Pours Troops Into Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires 190 Rockets Bloomberg.com - Aug 02 9:32 AM
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Israel sent troops into Lebanon and raided an eastern town with special forces as Hezbollah fired 190 rockets, the most since the conflict began three weeks ago.Reports: Israel resumes Beirut bombing USA Today - Aug 02 5:12 PM
Just in from AP: Media and witnesses say early Thursday that Israel has renewed bombings on Hezbollah's stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut's southern outskirts. The attack follows a day in which Hezbollah fired more than 230 rockets into Israel ... Israel Sends 8,000 Troops Into Lebanon ABC News - Aug 02 9:59 AM
Israel Sends 8,000 Troops Into Southern Lebanon; 5 Guerrillas Captured in Dramatic RaidIsrael renews air strikes on Beirut suburbs CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 02 5:38 PM
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel renewed air strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in the battered outskirts of the Lebanese capital in the early hours Thursday.Seth Swirsky: Bush Knows Israel Is Winning HuffingtonPost - Aug 02 8:28 AM
You would never know Israel was winning its war against Hezbollah if you relied on media reports. Or heeded the world's diplomats who, of course, have their own agendas. Or, especially, if you listened to the Democrats, whose "even-handed" view of good and evil is central to their philosophy. None of these are the real indicators of the truth on the ground in Lebanon, where the Israeli Israel captures guerrillas in Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 8:44 PM
Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately sent commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.Hezbollah was active near Qana bombing site: Israel Yahoo! India News - 25 minutes ago
Tel Aviv, Aug 3 (DPA) The Israeli bombing of a three-storey building in the Lebanese town of Qana, which killed dozens of civilians and drew strong international condemnation, was based on information that Hezbollah had stored weapons and taken cover in buildings nearby, an internal army probe by Israel says.Rockets rain on Israel The Age - Aug 02 5:39 PM
A girl plays at a public shelter in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. Photo: AP More than 200 Hezbollah rockets rained on Israel today, killing one Israeli, wounding 123 and seriously damaging the Governments claims that it has all but destroyed the militants' firepower in its 22-day war in Lebanon.Israel Sends 8,000 Troops Into Lebanon San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 02 11:56 AM
Israel pressed the first full day of a massive new ground attack, sending 8,000 troops into southern Lebanon on Wednesday and seizing five people it said were Hezbollah fighters in a dramatic airborne raid on a northeastern town. Hezbollah retaliated with its... Israel resumes bombing Beirut News Interactive - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
ISRAEL has resumed its bombardment of suspected Hezbollah positions in southern Beirut, after Hezbollah fired its biggest salvo of rockets into northern Israel, killing one person.Robert Scheer: Israel's Dependency on the Drug of Militarism HuffingtonPost - Aug 02 7:28 AM
Originally posted at Truthdig.com Those who mindlessly support Israel, right or wrong, from President Bush on through the cheerleaders in Congress and the media, betray the security of the Jewish state. They are enablers who have encouraged Israel's dependency on the drug of militarism as a false escape from the difficult accommodations needed to bring peace to the Middle East. For too Israel says it has captured guerrillas AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 7:55 PM
Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately dropped helicopter-borne commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and fought pitched battles with guerrillas, in a major escalation of the three-week-old war.Israel calls for big UN force before withdrawal Financial Times - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
Israel would require a 15,000-strong international fighting force deployed in south Lebanon before its troops would loosen their grip on border territory wrested from Hizbollah control, Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, said yesterday.Hezbollah guerrillas fire record number of rockets at Israel San Diego Union-Tribune - Aug 02 5:07 PM
NAHARIYA, Israel, 3:12 p.m. Aug. 2 (AP): Hezbollah rockets struck Israel in record numbers and deeper than ever Wednesday, pushing the three-week total over the 2,000 mark and killing a Boston-born man fleeing on his bicycle toward shelter.Former Newton man killed in Israel The Daily News Tribune - 12 minutes ago
Although living on Israel's northern border, David Martin Lelchook always found time to stay in touch with his family back in the U.S., checking in with his mother and older brother just hours before his death.Bush s Embrace of Israel Shows Gap With Father New York Times - Aug 01 8:31 PM
President Bush s embrace of Israel differs from his father s tough approach and represents a divide between the Bushes.Israel Expands Ground Forces Inside Lebanon New York Times - Aug 01 8:03 PM
Israel sent up to 7,000 troops into Lebanon, aimed at pushing Hezbollah back from the border before a cease-fire is declared.Israel Sends 10,000 Troops Into Lebanon ABC News - Aug 02 7:28 AM
Israel Sends 10,000 Troops Into Lebanon, Captures 5 Guerrillas; Hezbollah Fires More RocketsIsrael launches attack deep in Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 7:19 PM
Israel launched a major attack deep into Lebanon, and Hezbollah said its guerrillas were fighting Israeli commandos trapped inside a hospital in the eastern city of Baalbek early Wednesday.MPs attack government for breaking its own guidelines on arms sales to Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 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.Ayatollah attacks US over Israel BBC News - Aug 02 5:22 AM
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sharply criticises Israel and the US over the Lebanon crisis.Israel Launches Deepest Lebanon Strike ABC News - Aug 02 6:29 AM
Israel Launches Deepest Ground Strike Into Lebanon; 10 Hezbollah Guerrillas Killed, 5 CapturedIsrael protests UEFA decision to move soccer matches SportingNews.com - Aug 02 11:12 AM
JERUSALEM -- The Israel Football Association lodged a a formal appeal Wednesday with the Court of Ar...Israel Supporters Rally in Waikiki KHNL News 8 Honolulu - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
WAIKIKI, Oahu (KHNL) - A growing conflict all the way in the Middle East caught the attention of a group, right here in Hawaii. Wednesday night, that group pulled together an "emergency rally" in support of Israel.Israel pushes into Lebanon Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
KERRY O'BRIEN: Now to the Middle East where Israel seems to have entered a new phase in its drive to end the militant Islamic group Hezbollah, as a fighting force. Up to 20,000 troops have punched across the border into Lebanon in four separate incursions and have engaged in fierce clashes.Israel Expands Ground Forces Inside Lebanon New York Times - Aug 01 6:31 PM
Israel sent up to 7,000 troops into Lebanon, aiming at pushing the Hezbollah militia back from the border before a cease-fire is declared.Audio: Manning n Pound - Israel/Hezbollah Conflict Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
Scoop Audio: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Simon Pound debate geo-strategies being demonstrated in the Israel/Hezbollah conflict. What is each side attempting to achieve from all this bloodshed? And, is there a right and wrong side in this slaughter?Israel sends 10,000 troops into Lebanon News 14 Carolina - Aug 02 5:53 PM
BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Israel pressed the first full day of a massive new ground attack, sending 10,000 troops into southern Lebanon on Wednesday and seizing five people it said were Hezbollah fighters in a dramatic airborne raid on a northeastern town.Hezbollah hits back at Israel with more rockets Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Hezbollah rockets have rained down on Israel, some landing as far as 70 kilometres from the Lebanese border.Working against clock, Israel strikes deep Chicago Tribune - Aug 02 4:52 AM
Racing against time before a cease-fire is arranged, Israel expanded its offensive in Lebanon on Tuesday, landing commandos by helicopter deep in the country where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital as ground forces battled guerrillas in border villages in the south. McKinney opponent rakes in pro-Israel cash The Hill - Aug 02 2:53 PM
Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney s primary run-off opponent has tapped into the pro-Israel fundraising network that helped her virtually unknown challenger Denise Majette topple McKinney and Artur Davis beat then-Rep.Israel confident of Hezbollah destruction Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
TONY JONES: Israel's Prime Minister says he would be very happy to see Australian soldiers in any international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. Ehud Olmert says Hezbollah's infrastructure has been entirely destroyed and that peacekeepers would have an easy job.Hezbollah launches record hail of rockets into Israel INQ7.net - Aug 02 4:43 PM
BAALBEK, Lebanon -- Hezbollah fired its biggest salvo of rockets at Israel on Wednesday after the Jewish state's commandos struck deep into Lebanon, snatching five suspected guerrillas in a helicopter raid.Hub Jews die for message to Israel Boston Herald - Aug 02 3:11 PM
About 20 protesters collapsed on the sidewalk, forcing commuters to step around them. The participants also wore signs reading Not all Americans support Israel s actions! Israel resumes bombing Beirut News Interactive - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
ISRAELI jets have struck southern Beirut, after Hezbollah fired its biggest salvo of rockets deep into northern Israel, killing one person.Israel's Lebanon Offensive Grows Larger NPR - Aug 02 6:03 AM
About 10,000 Israeli troops are now fighting across a wide stretch of southern Lebanon in an expanding ground offensive. Hezbollah struck back Wednesday with one of the heaviest rocket barrages of the three-week old war. One Israeli was killed and one rocket struck the northern West Bank, the deepest penetration yet into Israel.Hizbollah under siege as rockets rain on Israel The Herald - Aug 02 6:38 PM
Israel struck deep into Hizbollah heartland yesterday with 10,000 soldiers on the ground, heavy bombing and a commando raid, but the guerrilla group responded with its biggest and deepest volley of rocket attacks.Israel Launches Deepest Lebanon Strike ABC News - Aug 02 4:28 AM
Israel Launches Deepest Strike Into Lebanon; Troops Kill 10 Hezbollah Guerrillas, Capture 5Hezbollah fired over 230 rockets: Israel NDTV - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Hezbollah fighters have launched more than 230 rockets from Lebanon, the biggest single-day barrage since the conflict began. One person was killed and dozens injured as some rockets landed up to 70 kilometres inside Israel.Record Number of Rockets Strike Israel Voice of America - Aug 02 1:05 PM
Hezbollah militants fired a record number of rockets against Israel Wednesday as Israeli troops carried out their deepest raids yet in Lebanese territory. At least 55 Israelis and 540 Lebanese have died in the conflict that began three weeks ago Wednesday.In first, Israel confirms drone attack in Bekaa Valley World Tribune - Aug 02 1:28 PM
TEL AVIV The Israel Air Force has used attack unmanned aerial vehicles in combat missions in Lebanon.Israel Widens Lebanon Attack; Commandos Raid Baalbek (Update5) Bloomberg.com - Aug 02 2:51 AM
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Israel expanded its operations in Lebanon as a commando unit went into the eastern town of Baalbek to attack fighters from Hezbollah, which responded by firing dozens of rockets across the border.Israel timed call-ups to massage Syria The Herald - Aug 02 6:38 PM
Israel deliberately staggered the call-up of its reserve forces over the past week to avoid panicking Syria and risking all-out war on a second front, according to Israel Defence Force sources.Depeche Mode Cancels Gig in Israel Spin - Aug 02 8:56 AM
Depeche Mode Cancels Gig in Israel As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah continues to escalate, the British rock act opts to bow out of a Tel Aviv show. Snow: No 'green light' for Israel USA Today - Aug 02 11:12 AM
Asked again whether the USA has given Israel some kind of secret OK to continue pounding Hezbollah, White House Press Secretary just told reporters that we don't have a green light and that the idea that the U.S. government is... Hizbollah rockets hit Israel after raid The West Australian - Aug 02 6:06 PM
Hizbollah guerrillas fired 182 rockets into Israel and fought 6,000 Israeli troops in south Lebanon on Wednesday, after helicopter-borne Israeli commandos attacked Hizbollah targets in the ancient city of Baalbek.'If It Bleeds, It Leads' Approach Skews Media Coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, Say a Panel of Experts on SYS-CON Media - Aug 02 4:45 PM
The media's appetite for blood and destruction is in part to blame for Israel's poor public image, say a group of media relation experts, journalists, authors and diplomats.Crouch: Get us out of Israel The Electric New Paper - Aug 02 3:16 PM
PETER Crouch has made it clear Liverpool's stars do not want to set foot inside Israel to play their Champions League qualifier.Hezbollah rockets rain on Israel The Peninsula - Aug 02 5:48 PM
Beirut One Israeli was killed yesterday as a record 230 rockets slammed into northern Israel, the biggest single-day barrage from Lebanon since the start of the offensive against Hezbollah three weeks ago.200 Missiles Hit Israel as Battle Rages in Lebanon New York Times - 26 minutes ago
At the U.N., France, Britain and the U.S. said they were nearing agreement on an international force that would take over control of the buffer zone.Israel calls for major UN deployment Financial Times - Aug 02 2:05 PM
Israel would require a 15,000-strong international fighting force deployed in south Lebanon before its troops would loosen their grip on border territory wrested from Hizbollah control, Ehud Olmert, Israel s prime minister, said on Wednesday.Israel accepts the principle of prisoners' swap: Palestinian spokesman People's Daily - Aug 02 4:51 PM
The spokesman of the Hamas-led government Ghazi Hamad revealed on Wednesday that Israel, in principle, has accepted a prisoners swap for an Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian militants late June.Paz sale to Israel Corp. could dilute Bank Leumi's holding Haaretz Daily - Aug 02 4:51 PM
Zadik Bino and Bank Leumi, the controlling shareholders in Paz, are in talks to sell a stake in the company, which won the Ashdod oil refinery tender, to The Israel Corporation, diluting their own holdings. One plan involves selling 33 percent of Paz, reducing Leumi's holding from 19 to 13 percent.2 Americans Killed In Israel-Hezbollah War Local6.com Central Florida - Aug 02 11:54 AM
JERUSALEM -- The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has claimed the lives of at least two Americans living in Israel. One was a soldier in the Israeli army. Michael Levine, 21, moved from Philadelphia three years ago and joined the military as a paratrooper.Hezbollah rocket strikes further into Israel - report People's Daily - Aug 02 4:51 PM
A rocket fired by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerillas struck on Wednesday the Israeli town of Beit She'an, the furthest area into Israel that Hezbollah rockets have ever reached since the violence erupted on July 12, Israel Radio reported.Rockets bombard northern Israel News Interactive - Aug 02 3:53 PM
HEZBOLLAH fired its biggest salvo of rockets at Israel overnight commandos struck deep inside Lebanon, snatching five guerrillas in a raid.Boston-Area Native Killed In Israel The Boston Channel - Aug 02 12:09 PM
NAHARIYA, Israel -- A Boston-area native has been killed by a Hezbollah rocket in Israel. A local government official said the 52-year-old man -- whose name has not been released -- died Wednesday in Kibbutz Saar, a communal farm near the coastal resort of Nahariya.Record number of rockets slam into northern Israel People's Daily - Aug 02 5:21 PM
Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas fired a record number of more than 190 rockets on northern Israel so far on Wednesday after a relative lull in rocket attacks for two days, local media reported.Israel Widens Lebanon Attack; Commandos Raid Baalbek (Update4) Bloomberg.com - Aug 02 1:17 AM
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Israel expanded its operations in Lebanon, as a commando unit went into the eastern town of Baalbek to attack Hezbollah targets and a self-imposed suspension of air raids expired.Israel's Peres says fighting may go on for weeks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 3:03 PM
Israel's military campaign against Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon could go on for weeks despite international pressure for a cease-fire sooner, Deputy Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Tuesday.Israel not aiming at capturing Hezbollah members: military People's Daily - Aug 02 4:52 PM
The initial objective of the military operation in the Lebanese town of Baalbek was not capturing Hezbollah members, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said Wednesday.More than 500 people pack Israel Solidarity event Desert Sun - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
More than 500 people are present at the Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs at an Israel Solidarity rally featuring Johanna Rose, a speaker from AIPAC -- the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.MPs attack government for breaking its own guidelines on arms sales to Israel Guardian Unlimited - Aug 02 3:59 PM
The government must explain why it continues to approve the sale of arms to Israel.Israel reels under rockets News Interactive - Aug 02 12:32 PM
ISRAEL reeled under an unprecedented hail of Hezbollah rockets today, a day after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assured the nation that its three week war in Lebanon had crippled the Shiite militia.Israel Launches Deepest Lebanon Strike San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 02 5:26 AM
Israel launched its deepest ground strike into Lebanon on Wednesday, claiming it killed 10 Hezbollah guerrillas and captured five in the northeastern city of Baalbek, while nearby air raids killed at least 15 civilians. Israeli warplanes also attacked... Cameron faces revolt over Israel Times Online - Aug 02 3:54 PM
DAVID CAMERON is facing the first serious revolt within his party after senior Tories disowned frontbench criticism of Israel s disproportionate bombardment of Lebanon.One killed as a record 230 rockets slam into northern Israel Channel NewsAsia - Aug 02 1:47 PM
JERUSALEM - One Israeli was killed Wednesday as a record 230 rockets slammed into northern Israel, the biggest single-day barrage from Lebanon since the start of the offensive against Hezbollah three weeks ago.160 rockets slam into Israel Hindustan Times - Aug 02 4:47 PM
At least 160 rockets slammed into Israel on Wednesday, the biggest single-day barrage from Lebanon since the Jewish state launched its offensive against Hezbollah three weeks ago, police said.Defining Victory: The Differing Goals of Israel and Hezbollah Foreign Relations - Aug 02 1:45 PM
How would Israel define victory? "Israelis don't speak in terms of victory," says Michael Herzog , a brigadier general in the Israeli army and a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.Hezbollah launches record number of rockets into Israel CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 02 10:50 AM
More than 180 Hezbollah rockets rained down on northern Israel as thousands of Israeli soldiers pushed into southern Lebanon on Wednesday.