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Latest death toll is 362 (most civilians) in Lebanon, 34 (most soldiers) in Israel. From Reuters:<\/p>\n

July 22 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Middle East on the 11th day of Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon.<\/p>\n

* Israeli soldiers oust Hizbollah guerrillas from hilltop village of Maroun al-Ras, a stronghold just inside Lebanon, where six Israeli commandos have been killed this week.<\/p>\n

* Israel says no full-scale invasion set for now.<\/p>\n

* More than 40 rockets fired by Hizbollah hit towns across northern Israel, injuring 16 people, damaging three houses and setting cars ablaze.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Fighting has now killed 354 Lebanese, most of them civilians. Nineteen Israeli soldiers and 15 civilians have died.<\/p>\n

* Israel urges residents of 14 villages in southern Lebanon to leave by 4 p.m. (1300 GMT). Thousands of Lebanese civilians flee north.<\/p>\n

* Israeli air raids strike transmission stations used by several Lebanese television channels and a mobile telephone mast in Christian areas north of Beirut.<\/p>\n

* Ships and aircraft scoop more exhausted people fleeing fighting in Lebanon to safety in Cyprus in a mass international effort that has so far evacuated more than 25,000 people.<\/p>\n

* Thousands of demonstrators march through London and hundreds gather in Amsterdam and Chicago to protest against Israeli attacks and the refusal of the United States and Britain to condemn them.<\/p>\n

* U.N. emergency relief coordinator says at least $100 million is urgently needed to help avert a humanitarian disaster in Lebanon over the coming months.<\/p>\n

* Russia proposes urgent meeting of major power and regional foreign ministers in Beirut or Rome.<\/p>\n

* EU Commission calls on members to send medicines, shelter materials, fire-fighting equipment and other supplies to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

* France calls for immediate cessation of hostilities.<\/p>\n

* U.S. President George W. Bush says in a radio address that “resolving the crisis demands confronting the terrorist group that launched the attacks and the nations that support it.”<\/p>\n

* Bush, at his ranch in Texas, telephones Turkey’s prime minister to discuss how to help the Lebanese people.<\/p>\n

* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice goes to Middle East on Sunday, resists international pressure for immediate cease-fire.<\/p>\n

* Bush and Rice to “strategize” about a diplomatic solution with Saudi officials at the White House on Sunday.<\/p>\n

* Italy to host international conference on Wednesday on possible cease-fire and deployment of foreign troops on Lebanese border. Rice to attend, but not Iran, Syria, Israel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Latest death toll is 362 (most civilians) in Lebanon, 34 (most soldiers) in Israel. From Reuters:<\/p>\n

July 22 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Middle East on the 11th day of Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon.
\n* Israeli soldiers oust Hizbollah guerrillas from hilltop village of Maroun al-Ras, a stronghold just inside Lebanon, where six Israeli commandos have been killed this week.
\n* Israel says no full-scale invasion set for now.
\n* More than 40 rockets fired by Hizbollah hit towns across northern Israel, injuring 16 people, damaging three houses and setting cars ablaze.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Fighting has now killed 354 Lebanese, most of them civilians. Nineteen Israeli soldiers and 15 civilians have died.
\n* Israel urges residents of 14 villages in southern Lebanon to leave by 4 p.m. (1300 GMT). Thousands of Lebanese civilians flee north.
\n* Israeli air raids strike transmission stations used by several Lebanese television channels and a mobile telephone mast in Christian areas north of Beirut.
\n* Ships and aircraft scoop more exhausted people fleeing fighting in Lebanon to safety in Cyprus in a mass international effort that has so far evacuated more than 25,000 people.
\n* Thousands of demonstrators march through London and hundreds gather in Amsterdam and Chicago to protest against Israeli attacks and the refusal of the United States and Britain to condemn them.
\n* U.N. emergency relief coordinator says at least $100 million is urgently needed to help avert a humanitarian disaster in Lebanon over the coming months.
\n* Russia proposes urgent meeting of major power and regional foreign ministers in Beirut or Rome.
\n* EU Commission calls on members to send medicines, shelter materials, fire-fighting equipment and other supplies to Lebanon.
\n* France calls for immediate cessation of hostilities.
\n* U.S. President George W. Bush says in a radio address that “resolving the crisis demands confronting the terrorist group that launched the attacks and the nations that support it.”
\n* Bush, at his ranch in Texas, telephones Turkey’s prime minister to discuss how to help the Lebanese people.
\n* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice goes to Middle East on Sunday, resists international pressure for immediate cease-fire.
\n* Bush and Rice to “strategize” about a diplomatic solution with Saudi officials at the White House on Sunday.
\n* Italy to host international conference on Wednesday on possible cease-fire and deployment of foreign troops on Lebanese border. Rice to attend, but not Iran, Syria, Israel.<\/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\/1273"}],"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=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}