{"id":1255,"date":"2006-07-21T19:58:34","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T19:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2006-07-21T19:58:34","modified_gmt":"2006-07-21T19:58:34","slug":"2006-7-21-latest-developments-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1255","title":{"rendered":"Latest developments"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Reuters (latest civilian toll in Lebanon is 345):<\/p>\n

July 21 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

* Israel calls up army reservists for possible major ground assault against Hizbollah in Lebanon<\/p>\n

* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will go to Mideast Sunday while resisting international pressure for immediate cease-fire between Israel, Hizbollah in Lebanon<\/p>\n

* Three Hizbollah rockets crash into the northern Israeli city of Haifa, wounding 19 people. Other towns also hit<\/p>\n

* Israeli troops launch small-scale raids in Lebanon to try to stop rocket attacks<\/p>\n

* Israel’s military chief says the country’s forces have killed nearly 100 Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon during the 10-day offensive<\/p>\n

* Four Israeli soldiers are killed in fierce battles with Hizbollah guerrillas inside Lebanon<\/p>\n

* Lebanon’s defense minister says the army, which has not fought so far despite losing a score of soldiers in Israeli air strikes, would defend the country against any invasion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Fleeing bombardment that has forced up to half a million Lebanese from their homes, thousands of foreigners reach Cyprus<\/p>\n

* Washington supports an expanded international security force on Israel’s border with Lebanon but details not fixed, a U.S. official says<\/p>\n

* U.N. relief agencies call for urgent access to south Lebanon to get medical aid and food to tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by Israeli bombing<\/p>\n

* Israel tells visiting U.N. mission it will not negotiate with Hizbollah through third parties, as in the past, for release of its captured soldiers<\/p>\n

* Hizbollah says it loses two of its fighters in clashes<\/p>\n

* Fighting has killed at least 345 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians. Nineteen Israeli soldiers and 15 civilians have died<\/p>\n

* Hizbollah leader repeats demand that Israel swap prisoners for two Israeli soldiers captured on July 12<\/p>\n

* American evacuees will transit Turkey in the coming days to ease the burden on Cyprus, the U.S. Embassy said<\/p>\n

* In Gaza, Israeli shelling kills Hamas militant and four civilians, as tanks and troops withdraw from refugee camp after three-day assault<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Reuters (latest civilian toll in Lebanon is 345):<\/p>\n

July 21 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Middle East.
\n* Israel calls up army reservists for possible major ground assault against Hizbollah in Lebanon
\n* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will go to Mideast Sunday while resisting international pressure for immediate cease-fire between Israel, Hizbollah in Lebanon
\n* Three Hizbollah rockets crash into the northern Israeli city of Haifa, wounding 19 people. Other towns also hit
\n* Israeli troops launch small-scale raids in Lebanon to try to stop rocket attacks
\n* Israel’s military chief says the country’s forces have killed nearly 100 Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon during the 10-day offensive
\n* Four Israeli soldiers are killed in fierce battles with Hizbollah guerrillas inside Lebanon
\n* Lebanon’s defense minister says the army, which has not fought so far despite losing a score of soldiers in Israeli air strikes, would defend the country against any invasion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Fleeing bombardment that has forced up to half a million Lebanese from their homes, thousands of foreigners reach Cyprus
\n* Washington supports an expanded international security force on Israel’s border with Lebanon but details not fixed, a U.S. official says
\n* U.N. relief agencies call for urgent access to south Lebanon to get medical aid and food to tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by Israeli bombing
\n* Israel tells visiting U.N. mission it will not negotiate with Hizbollah through third parties, as in the past, for release of its captured soldiers
\n* Hizbollah says it loses two of its fighters in clashes
\n* Fighting has killed at least 345 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians. Nineteen Israeli soldiers and 15 civilians have died
\n* Hizbollah leader repeats demand that Israel swap prisoners for two Israeli soldiers captured on July 12
\n* American evacuees will transit Turkey in the coming days to ease the burden on Cyprus, the U.S. Embassy said
\n* In Gaza, Israeli shelling kills Hamas militant and four civilians, as tanks and troops withdraw from refugee camp after three-day assault<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[59,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}