14th August 2006 - Lebanon War Updates by the Minute

A list of major news in regards to the israeli war on lebanon for 14 August 2006, the list is provided, compiled and prepared by lebanonupdates.blogspot.com as collected from major media sources including Tayyar, New TV and other news sources.

* 23:30 Israeli helicopters circle over towns of al-Saksakiyeh and al-Loubiyeh on Monday night, 15 km south of Saida; drop flare bombs

* 23:00 Lebanese defense minister announces 15,000 Lebanese soldiers will be deployed north of Litani River by end of week

* 20:38 Hassan Nasrallah in televised speech on Manar TV

* 19:00 Olmert takes responsibility for war; Tunisia calls for Arab summit

* 18:50 Israeli army says it has begun pulling out some of its troops from southern Lebanon, but ban on travel south of
Litani still in place

* 17:47 International forces: Hezbollah and Israeli army relying on us to evacuate isolated soldiers

* 16:55 AP: Israeli army: 6 Hezbollah fighters killed since start of ceasefire

* 16:36 Olmert: Israeli will pursue Hezbollah everywhere and at all times

* 16:35 Arab Israeli Knesset member Ahmed Tibi and another member were ejected from Knesset after heckling Olmert’s speech
to Knesset

* 16:20 Italian foreign minister speaks from Grand Serail: Italy and Europe will contribute to lifting Lebanon out of
crisis, enforcing ceasefire and establishing firm basis for future peace.

* 16:15 Olmert speaks to Knesset on cessation of military operations

* 15:17 Israeli troops destroy Lebanese army barracks in Marjeyoun before retreating from town

* 15:15 Civil organizations and municipalities ask residents not to rush back to their villages

* 15:15 Israeli airplanes circle over southern Lebanon

* 15:05 Israeli army asks residents of southern Lebanon not to return to villages

* 14:45 Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz says he will open investigation into war on Lebanon

* 14:40 Israeli troops retreat from Marjeyoun to northern Israel

* 14:06 Israeli army says it killed 2 Hezbollah fighters after ceasefire in southern Lebanon

* 14:05 Residents of southern Lebanon warned not to touch strange objects, as mines and cluster bombs found in villages

* 14:00 Tunisia calls for emergency Arab Summit to discuss rebuilding of Lebanon

* 13:37 Israel breaches ceasefire less than five hours after its implementation

* 13:32 Residents of Southern Suburb of Beirut flock back to neighborhood

* 13:30 Israel admits 116 soldiers killed in battles and over 750 wounded

* 11:42 One person killed in cluster bomb explosion in Ansar

* 10:15 Residents of villages in southern Lebanon warned not to touch any strange objects

* 09:57 Time bomb explodes in Yohmor, injuring one person

* 09:53 Choking traffic near Zahrani as result of thousands of Lebanese returning to southern Lebanon

* 09:42 Reuters: thousands of Lebanese return to southern Lebanon after implementation of ceasefire

* 09:30 Israeli army announces it will continue air and sea blockade of Lebanon despite implementation of UN resolution
for ceasefire

* 09:25 Israel announces it is pulling out of some locations it had entered in southern Lebanon

* 08:00 Ceasefire begins officially

* 07:51 Israeli air strikes target eastern Sour (Tyre)

* 07:45 Fierce Israeli artillery shelling on Kfar Shouba

* 07:43 Israeli air strike on Kayfoun hills in Mount Lebanon

* 07:30 Fierce Israeli artillery shelling on southern Sour (Tyre)

* 07:25 Warning sirens in several settlements in northern Israel

* 07:24 Israeli air strikes on Jouwaya, al-Ramadiyeh and Shahrour – Arzoun triangle

* 07:23 Israeli air strike on Sidiqeen and shelling on Ras al-Ain

* 07:10 Israeli air strike on Ain Bourdai in Baalbek

* 07:00 Javier Solana wants UN troops to be sent to Lebanon quickly

* 06:45 Israel attacks eastern Lebanon before start of ceasefire

* 04:15 Newspaper: Olmert orders Israeli army to implement ceasefire in Lebanon

* 03:27 Israeli army estimates 530 Hezbollah fighters killed

* 01:40 Israel and Hezbollah clash in fiercest battles hours before ceasefire

* 01:02 UN secretary general’s personal representative in Lebanon, Geir Pederson confirms, after meeting with Lebanese
prime minister Fouad Siniora, that Lebanon will respect ceasefire as of 8:00 local time (5:00 GMT) on Monday morning

* 00:50 Forty people killed and injured tonight in Israeli air strike on Brital in Beqaa

* 00:42 Israeli landing attempt on Ayaat plains west of Baalbek

* 00:25 al-Jazeera correspondent: 25 people killed and injured in Israeli air strikes on Brital in Beqaa

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