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Israel preparing Lebanon ground offensive
Jul 20 2006 11:35PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Pitched battles raged between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters on the border Thursday, and Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee southern Lebanon "immediately," preparing for a likely ground offensive to set up a buffer zone.
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5 Palestinians killed in Gaza explosion
Jul 20 2006 11:21PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Five Palestinians were killed after daybreak Friday in an explosion in a house in Gaza City, hospital officials said, and Palestinians said the house was hit by an Israeli tank shell.
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Israeli couple weds in bomb shelter
Jul 20 2006 9:52PM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - The guest list was slashed and the venue hastily changed, but Shlomi Boskila and Maya Lugasi got married anyway, defying the threat of rocket attacks Thursday with a wedding in an underground bomb shelter.
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Annan calls for cease-fire in Lebanon
Jul 20 2006 8:25PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Thursday for an immediate halt to the violence between Israel and Lebanon, saying a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war.
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European nations circulate U.N. Iran draft
Jul 20 2006 7:45PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Key European nations circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that would put the threat of sanctions, but not force, behind demands that Iran suspend uranium enrichment and clear up suspicions about its nuclear program.
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Nazareth residents blame Israel for attack
Jul 20 2006 7:35PM (CT)
NAZARETH, Israel (AP) - About 60 men gathered under a black tent in this Arab Israeli city Thursday to drink bitter coffee, accept condolence visits and mourn two young brothers killed by a Hezbollah rocket the day before.
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4 hurt when 2 Israeli helicopters collide
Jul 20 2006 6:04PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Two Apache attack helicopter crashed in northern Israel near the Lebanon border early Friday, injuring four soldiers, the Israeli military said.
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Marines helping with evacuation in Beirut
Jul 20 2006 5:12PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - U.S. Marines ferried 1,200 Americans from a Beirut beach to the USS Nashville on Thursday _ the first Marine operation in Lebanon in more than two decades.
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Israel says troops needed in Lebanon
Jul 20 2006 5:06PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has decided air power alone will not be enough to drive Hezbollah back from the Israeli-Lebanon border and a ground force will be needed to establish a buffer zone that is at least 20 miles deep, senior military officials said Thursday.
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Nasrallah says Hezbollah leadership intact
Jul 20 2006 3:58PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that the group's leadership remains intact, appearing an interview on Al-Jazeera a day after Israel said it bombed a bunker where he may have been hiding.
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Attacks making life harder in Lebanon
Jul 20 2006 3:25PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The price of food, medical supplies and gasoline rose by as much as 500 percent in parts of Lebanon on Thursday as Israel's relentless bombardment destroyed roads, bridges and other supply routes.
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Sharp rise in Baghdad violence reported
Jul 20 2006 3:21PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombings and shootings soared by 40 percent in the Baghdad area in the past week, the U.S. military said Thursday. An American general said extremists were preparing "an all-out assault" on the capital in a decisive battle for the future of Iraq.
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Iran promises Aug. 22 reply to nuke plan
Jul 20 2006 2:39PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Thursday it would reply Aug. 22 to the Western incentive package to stop enriching uranium, but it also issued a veiled threat, indicating Tehran will not accept any deal that dilutes its nuclear program.
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Americans know risks of moving to Israel
Jul 20 2006 2:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Americans Zvi and Toby Klein and their four children left Baltimore to move to a new home in the mountains of northern Israel, well within range of the rocket barrages launched from Lebanon.
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Israeli troops battle Hezbollah
Jul 20 2006 2:02PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli troops met fierce resistance from Hezbollah guerrillas Thursday as they crossed into Lebanon to seek tunnels and weapons for a second straight day, and Israel hinted at a full-scale invasion.
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Marines in Beirut to help with evacuation
Jul 20 2006 1:05PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - U.S. Marines landed in Beirut on Thursday for the first time in more than 20 years, helping evacuate Americans onto a Navy ship bound for Cyprus from battle-torn Lebanon.
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Soldier's father begs for information
Jul 20 2006 12:30PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The father of an Israeli soldier seized by Lebanese guerrillas appealed to the captors Thursday to make their demands known so he can at least be assured his son is alive.
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Lebanese PM says paper misquoted him
Jul 20 2006 8:13AM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Hezbollah has created a "state within a state" in Lebanon and must be disarmed, an Italian daily on Thursday reported Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora as saying, but his office later said the premier had been misquoted.
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Military analysts question Israeli bombing
Jul 20 2006 5:09AM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Thousands of Israeli bombs have fallen on Lebanese homes, roads, bridges, ports, broadcasting towers and even a lighthouse.
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US Navy ship anchors off coast of Lebanon
Jul 20 2006 12:11AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The USS Nashville anchored off the coast of Lebanon Thursday morning prepared to receive some 1,200 Americans fleeing fighting to take them to Cyprus.
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