{"id":1389,"date":"2006-08-01T17:43:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T17:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2006-08-01T17:43:55","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T17:43:55","slug":"2006-8-1-latest-developments-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Latest developments"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Reuters:<\/p>\n

Latest developments in the Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reuters 01.08.06 | 19h16 <\/p>\n

Aug 1 (Reuters) – Here are developments on the 21st day of the Middle East crisis.<\/p>\n

* Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he sees the beginning of a process that would lead to a cease-fire in Lebanon. He also says Hizbollah guerrillas could never threaten the Jewish state again.<\/p>\n

* Israeli troops cross into new area of south Lebanon and pound towns and villages in two other areas<\/p>\n

* Troops meet fierce resistance from Hizbollah guerrillas. Al Arabiya TV says three Israeli soldiers killed.<\/p>\n

* EU calls for immediate halt to hostilities to be followed by a sustainable cease-fire, watering down demands for immediate cease-fire at insistence of Britain and other U.S. allies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Israel warns some residents north of Lebanon’s Litani River to leave area, reversing earlier denial it had done so.<\/p>\n

* Israel says it will resume full airstrikes from 1 a.m. Wednesday (2200 GMT Tuesday) after 48-hour partial suspension.<\/p>\n

* Israeli infrastructure minister says army needs up to two weeks to complete its objectives.<\/p>\n

* U.N. and Red Cross say forced to delay dispatch of aid to southern Lebanon because failed to get security guarantees.<\/p>\n

* Israel’s tourism minister says up to 400 Hizbollah guerrillas have been killed. Hizbollah says 43 fighters killed.<\/p>\n

* Israeli cabinet minister says Israel’s armed forces are not capable of destroying all of Hizbollah’s missile capabilities.<\/p>\n

* U.N. postpones discussion on mobilizing international force for Lebanon to at least Thursday.<\/p>\n

* At least 617 people have been killed in Lebanon, although the health minister puts toll at 750 including bodies still buried under rubble. Fifty-one Israelis have been killed.<\/p>\n

* Syria agrees to supply Lebanon with petrol from its strategic reserves to compensate for shortages.<\/p>\n

* British Prime Minister Tony Blair is calling for the West to rethink its strategy for defeating extremism in the Middle East, once the Israel-Lebanon crisis is resolved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Reuters:<\/p>\n

Latest developments in the Middle East<\/strong>
\nReuters 01.08.06 | 19h16
\nAug 1 (Reuters) – Here are developments on the 21st day of the Middle East crisis.
\n* Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he sees the beginning of a process that would lead to a cease-fire in Lebanon. He also says Hizbollah guerrillas could never threaten the Jewish state again.
\n* Israeli troops cross into new area of south Lebanon and pound towns and villages in two other areas
\n* Troops meet fierce resistance from Hizbollah guerrillas. Al Arabiya TV says three Israeli soldiers killed.
\n* EU calls for immediate halt to hostilities to be followed by a sustainable cease-fire, watering down demands for immediate cease-fire at insistence of Britain and other U.S. allies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

* Israel warns some residents north of Lebanon’s Litani River to leave area, reversing earlier denial it had done so.
\n* Israel says it will resume full airstrikes from 1 a.m. Wednesday (2200 GMT Tuesday) after 48-hour partial suspension.
\n* Israeli infrastructure minister says army needs up to two weeks to complete its objectives.
\n* U.N. and Red Cross say forced to delay dispatch of aid to southern Lebanon because failed to get security guarantees.
\n* Israel’s tourism minister says up to 400 Hizbollah guerrillas have been killed. Hizbollah says 43 fighters killed.
\n* Israeli cabinet minister says Israel’s armed forces are not capable of destroying all of Hizbollah’s missile capabilities.
\n* U.N. postpones discussion on mobilizing international force for Lebanon to at least Thursday.
\n* At least 617 people have been killed in Lebanon, although the health minister puts toll at 750 including bodies still buried under rubble. Fifty-one Israelis have been killed.
\n* Syria agrees to supply Lebanon with petrol from its strategic reserves to compensate for shortages.
\n* British Prime Minister Tony Blair is calling for the West to rethink its strategy for defeating extremism in the Middle East, once the Israel-Lebanon crisis is resolved.<\/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\/1389"}],"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=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}