The Israel-Hezbollah conflict has displaced Sroor and her family from their neighborhood near Beirut’s airport.
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July, 2006
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24 July
Rice sets tough terms for Lebanon ceasefire
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Lebanon on Monday and insisted Hizbollah must release two Israeli soldiers and pull back from the border before any ceasefire, Lebanese politicians said.
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24 July
Rice begins Middle East mission
 Rice told Fouad Siniora that there could no ceasefire until Hezbollah released two Israeli soldiers captured during a raid and pull back from the border with Israel, a Lebanese source said.
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24 July
10 buildings for every rocket
 “Army chief of staff Dan Halutz has given the order to the air force to destroy 10 multi-storey buildings in the Dahaya district (of Beirut) in response to every rocket fired on Haifa,”
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24 July
Nasrallah: Invasion will not stop rockets
 “Any Israeli incursion will have no political results if it does not achieve its declared goals, primarily an end to the rocketing of Zionist settlements in northern occupied Palestine,” Nasrallah said in remarks published on Monday.
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24 July
Romania shaken by spying blunder
Radu Timofte’s resignation followed the disappearance of a Syrian-born suspect in the abduction of three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005.
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24 July
Israel takes aim at Hezbollah stronghold
The fighting took place in the Bint Jubeil area, north of Maroun al-Ras, and involved aerial and ground forces.
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24 July
South Lebanon caught in cross-fire
HASBAYA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Caught between Hizbollah rocket fire and Israeli air strikes, some residents of southern Lebanon are losing patience with the guerrilla group they blame for a war that is costing them lives.
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24 July
Israel kills five in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli shells killed five people and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including two members of the same family who were riding a donkey cart when they were hit, Palestinian witnesses said.
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24 July
Born-again allies, France and US unite over Lebanon
PARIS (Reuters) – France and the United States worked together to oust Syria from Lebanon and, despite tactical differences due to divergent agendas in the region, they agree who is to blame for the current crisis — Hizbollah.
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