Latest developments in the Middle East
July 16 (Reuters) - Following are developments in the Middle East.
* Israeli planes kill 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes; 16 of the deaths were in Tyre, where a building used by rescue workers was hit
* Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas kill eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa
* Israeli air strikes hit two army bases on the northern Lebanese coast, killing nine soldiers
* Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warns Lebanon of "far-reaching consequences" after attack on Haifa
* Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says confrontation with Israel is just beginning
* Group of Eight leaders tell Hizbollah it must free abducted Israeli soldiers and immediately halt attacks on Israel; Israel is urged to show "utmost restraint"
* A U.N. team sent to Lebanon says it supports the Lebanese government's call for a cease-fire but urges the release of two Israeli soldiers
* Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon struck deeper into Israel than ever before, hitting the town of Afula some 30 miles south of the border
* Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak calls for unconditional cease-fire, says all sides should give talks a chance
* Israeli aircraft fire rockets at fuel tanks in Beirut's international airport, the country's only civilian air outlet to the world
* Israel bombs the north Gaza offices of a Hamas-led security force
* The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urges stepped-up vigilance for possible spillover from mounting Middle East violence
* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Lebanon but that immediate cease-fire would not solve the problem
* European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrives in Beirut; Lebanese officials say he will meet Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
* Lebanon says Italy has relayed Israeli conditions for a cease-fire
* Syria vows a "harsh and direct response" if it is attacked by Israel
* European and Arab nations and the United States move to evacuate nationals from Lebanon
* Eight Canadians killed in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay tells CTV television.
* Israeli planes kill 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes; 16 of the deaths were in Tyre, where a building used by rescue workers was hit
* Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas kill eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa
* Israeli air strikes hit two army bases on the northern Lebanese coast, killing nine soldiers
* Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warns Lebanon of "far-reaching consequences" after attack on Haifa
* Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says confrontation with Israel is just beginning
* Group of Eight leaders tell Hizbollah it must free abducted Israeli soldiers and immediately halt attacks on Israel; Israel is urged to show "utmost restraint"
* A U.N. team sent to Lebanon says it supports the Lebanese government's call for a cease-fire but urges the release of two Israeli soldiers
* Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon struck deeper into Israel than ever before, hitting the town of Afula some 30 miles south of the border
* Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak calls for unconditional cease-fire, says all sides should give talks a chance
* Israeli aircraft fire rockets at fuel tanks in Beirut's international airport, the country's only civilian air outlet to the world
* Israel bombs the north Gaza offices of a Hamas-led security force
* The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urges stepped-up vigilance for possible spillover from mounting Middle East violence
* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Lebanon but that immediate cease-fire would not solve the problem
* European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrives in Beirut; Lebanese officials say he will meet Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
* Lebanon says Italy has relayed Israeli conditions for a cease-fire
* Syria vows a "harsh and direct response" if it is attacked by Israel
* European and Arab nations and the United States move to evacuate nationals from Lebanon
* Eight Canadians killed in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay tells CTV television.
posted by Marko at 7/16/2006 07:34:00 AM
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