Lebanon Conflict Chronology

Start of the conflict
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 Day 1

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Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Day 2

-120 Rockets fall in Northern Israel


Friday, July 14th, 2006 Day 3

-100 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, killing 2

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Day 4

-100 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, injuries

Sunday, July 16th, 2006 Day 5

-report of Hezbollah launching 10 more powerful Rockets at Haifa. 1 hits train station killing 8

Monday, July 17th, 2006 Day 6

-30 Rockets reported in Northern Israel

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 Day 7

-150 Rockets fall in Northern Israel
-NYT cumulative dead: Lebanon 230+, Israel 25


Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Day 8

-120 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, killing 2 in Nazareth


Thursday, July 20th, 2006 Day 9

-40 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, noted as sharp drop from previous day


Friday, July 21st, 2006 Day 10

- Preparations for Major ground assault heavily discussed

-50 Rockets reported
-NYT cumulative dead: Lebanon 350+, Israel 34

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Day 11

-130 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, wounding 10
-NYT cumulative dead: Lebanon- 370+, Israel 35+


Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 Day 12

120 Rockets fall in Northern Israel



Monday, July 24th, 2006 Day 13

-Israeli forces appear to be pushing northwards inside Lebanon from Maroun al-Ras to Bint Jbeil and fierce fighting is reported.

-Israel says it has launched airstrikes against approximately 270 targets in Lebanon in the last 24 hours.

-Two die when an Israeli helicopter crashes near Rehaniya, northern Israel.An army spokesman blames technical failure but Hezbollah reportedly claims it has been shot down.



Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Day 14

-Israeli shelling of southern Beirut resumes after 24 hours of relative calm during the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.

-Israeli troops are fighting Hezbollah militants in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil.
A Lebanese family of seven was killed in an overnight Israeli air strike on Nabatiyeh, according to Lebanese officials.

-Areas near the coastal city of Tyre are under heavy Israeli bombardment, our correspondent reports.

-At least a dozen Hezbollah missiles have hit the Israeli port of Haifa, reports say.

-100+ Katyushas hitting Northern Israel every day



Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 Day 15

-An Israeli air strike hits a six storey building in the Lebanese coastal city of Tyre.

-Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in fierce fighting at the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil and a further soldier is killed at the village of Maroun al-Ras.

-Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa.

-100+ Hezbollah rockets hitting Northern Israel per day, 10 per day hitting Haifa. Standard Katyusha variety

-Nasrallah vows longer range strikes into Israel.

-Israel begins to scale back its goals(at least with the press) after extremely tough fighting at Bint Jbeil. They simply can't be taking casualties like this.

NYT says 150 rockets fired, highest one-day total since beginning of war



Thursday, July 27th, 2006 Day 16

-Israel continues to shell Tyre.

-Hezbollah rockets hit a chemicals factory in the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona.

-Israel carries out strikes on the Iqlim al-Tuffah district north of Nabatiyeh where Hezbollah are reported to have bases.

-A Lebanese army base north of Beirut and roads near the eastern town of Rayak are also hit.

NYT says 110 rockets fired



Friday, July 28th, 2006 Day 17

-Israeli mortar rounds hit a civilian refugee convoy near Tyre.

-Hezbollah fire a new long-range rocket, called the Khaibar-1, into northern Israel, hitting an area near Afula, the deepest strike into Israel so far. Hezbollah rockets also reportedly hit the Israeli villages of Safed, Karmiel and the town of Tiberius.

-A Jordanian man and a Lebanese couple die in air strikes on the village of Kfar Joz, close to Nabatiyeh.

-More clashes are reported in Bint Jbeil.

-Israeli air strikes hit the area around Meidoun in the southern Bekaa valley and the village of Nabatiyeh.

-Israel says it struck 130 targets across Lebanon overnight, including suspected Hezbollah bases in the Bekaa valley in the east of the country and Tyre.



Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Day 18


Sunday, July 30th, 2006 Day 19

-At least 54 people - including some 30 children - are killed in Israeli air strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Qana

-Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah land near Kiryat Shemona, Nahariya and Maarot. No injuries reported

-Israeli artillery continues to shell the area around Bint Jbeil after pulling back ground forces on Saturday

-Five people killed in Israeli air strike on the village of Yaroun

-156 Rockets fall in Northern Israel, wounding 8
-NYT cumulative dead: Lebanon 550+, Israel 52+



Monday, July 31st, 2006 Day 20

-Israeli ground forces exchange fire with Hezbollah fighters near Kfar Kila

-Israel says it will suspend air strikes for 48 hours following the attack on Qana

-Israeli aircraft carry out strikes on roads near the village of Yanta near the border with Syria

-There is a brief lull in fighting following an Israeli attack on Qana, which killed at least 54 people, but Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rules out an immediate ceasefire



August 2006


Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 Day 21

-Israeli officials say war planes have launched several attacks across Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers and hideouts, as well as a road to Syria in the Bekaa Valley, which the army says was hit to prevent weapons smuggling

-According to the Israeli army, 20 Hezbollah militants are killed in fighting around the Lebanese villages of Taibe, Adayseh and Rob Thalantheen

-There are fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters around Ait al-Shaab
Israeli forces stage a fresh incursion at Houla, according to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil)

-CNN reporting 3 soldiers killed in Ait al-Shaab, 22 wounded
-CNN reporting 560 cumulative Lebanese civilian dead



These reports are compiled from bullet points released by the New York Times and the BBC everyday and items mentioned in New York Times articles and in CNN reports.