August 5 Lebanon rejects a draft UN resolution proposed by the US and France that calls for "full cessation of hostilities" between Israel and Hezbollah, saying it did not adequately address Lebanese concerns.
An Israeli minister says time is running out for Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, following the completion of the draft UN resolution.
Hezbollah rockets kill three people in northern Israel and wound five, police and medics say.
Israel warns residents of Sidon to evacuate south Lebanon's biggest city.
Helicopter-borne Israeli naval commandos attack Hezbollah fighters near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre overnight.
Thousands of people demonstrate in Britain and France to demand a Middle East ceasefire.
August 4
Israeli air raid hits farm close to Syrian border in Bekaa Valley, killing 33 farm workers and wounding 20.
Hezbollah fires more than 100 rockets into northern Israel, killing three people and wounding several. At least two rockets land in or near Israeli city of Hadera, about 80km inside Israel, the deepest rocket attack so far.
US and France inch closer to a deal on a UN resolution calling for an end to fighting.
Bombardment of a house in frontline Taibeh village in south Lebanon kills seven civilians and wounds 10.
Israeli aircraft destroy four bridges linking Beirut to the north, disrupting aid efforts.
Hezbollah fighters kill three Israeli soldiers near Markaba.
August 3
Israel's government reportedly prepares to occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani river.
Hezbollah's leader Hasan Nasrallah warns that his fighters will launch rockets at Tel Aviv if Beirut is bombed again.
Four Israeli soldiers are killed in heavy fighting in south Lebanon
At least eight Israeli civilians are killed in Hezbollah rocket attacks against Israeli cities.
August 2
Hezbollah fires more than 230 rockets into Israel in one day - the highest number so far. Some land as much as 70km inside Israel.
Israeli commandos in helicopters raid an Iranian-funded hospital in Baalbek. Israel claims to capture five mid-level Hezbollah members in the attack; Hezbollah claims that only civilians are killed.
Ehud Olmert says fighting will continue until an international force arrives in south Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah.
Several thousand Israeli troops are now believed to be in south Lebanon.
August 1
Israeli forces moved into Lebanon in an expansion of their offensive, meeting fierce resistance from Hezbollah.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, signals a ceasefire may be on the horizon.
The Israeli army says three Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting.
Hezbollah launches multiple rockets at Matzuva in northern Israel, and the Israeli military says five of its soldiers have been wounded in cross-border fire.
EU foreign ministers call for an immediate end to hostilities, watering down demands for an immediate ceasefire at the insistence of Britain and other close US allies.
Israel's justice minister says about 300 of an estimated 2,000 Hezbollah fighters have been killed so far, while the tourism minister puts the number at 400. Hezbollah denies the claims.
July 31
Israel suspends its air attacks on southern Lebanon for 48 hours after meetings between Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, and Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister.
Rice says she believes that a ceasefire could be forged within the week.
But Israel's security cabinet gives the army the green light to widen a ground offensive against Hezbollah fighters.
Thousands of Lebanese reach across the sectarian and religious divide to help hundreds of thousands of mostly Shia refugees fleeing Israel’s bombardment in the south of the country.
July 30
An Israeli air raid on a south Lebanon village, Qana, kills more than 60 Lebanese civilians, most of them children who were sleeping.
Thousands of protesters storm the UN building in Beirut after the attack and the United Nations, along with Western and Arab leaders, condemn the bombing raid.
Lebanon cancels the visit by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.
Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, vows to rain down more rockets on Israel and says Rice's visit to the region is to "impose conditions that serve Israel".
Another Israeli missile strike hits the main Lebanese border crossing into Syria, forcing its closure.
Fouad Siniora, the Lebanese prime minister, says if Israel wants secure borders it must withdraw from the disputed Shebaa Farms area it has occupied since 1967.
July 29
Fouad Siniora, Lebanon's prime minister, says that if Israel wants secure borders it must withdraw from the disputed Shebaa Farms area that it has occupied since 1967.
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, vows to hit Israel with more rockets and says that Condoleezza Rice's visit to the region aimed to "impose conditions that serve Israel".
July 28 George Bush, the US president, and Tony Blair, the British prime minister, agree to send a UN multinational force to support the Lebanese government.
The Israeli government says it is ready to call up 30,000 reservists to support its offensive in Lebanon but says it will not expand its campaign for now.
Nabih Berri, Lebanon's speaker of parliament and leading Shia politician, says his Shia Amal movement and Hezbollah would join forces against Israel's offensive in Lebanon.
July 27
Israel says it has been implicitly "authorised" to continue its attacks in Lebanon by the failure of Wednesday's international summit in Rome to call for a ceasefire.
An Israeli security cabinet meeting agreed to continue airstrikes whilst maintaining a limited ground offensive, political sources said.
Israeli warplanes hit Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon killing at least seven people, reports said. At least 40 Hezbollah rockets also hit several towns in northern Israel, including Kiryat Shimona.
July 26
Israel is accused of ignoring repeated warnings it was shelling close to United Nations observers in southern Lebanon before and Israeli bomb killed four of them.
A 15-nation summit in Rome failed to reach agreement on calling for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
Israeli and Hezbollah forces continue battling for control of the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.
July 25
Four soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in south Lebanon are killed by an Israeli strike.
Israel says it plans to enforce a "security zone" in southern Lebanon until an international force can be sent to take over.
Israeli troops enter the border town of Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah military stronghold, for the first time.
Mahmoud Komati, the deputy chief of the Hezbollah politburo, says he did not expect Israel to react so strongly to the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using artillery-fired cluster grenades against a Lebanese village.
July 24
Condoleezza Rice makes a visit to Beirut on the way to Israel, blames Hezbollah for the war and says a ceasefire would be possible only if two captured Israeli soldiers are freed.
Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief, accuses Hezbollah of "cowardly blending" among Lebanese civilians.
Israeli troops battle their way to a key Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon and capture two fighters.
July 23
Israeli air strikes kill at least 12 civilians, including a Lebanese press photographer near the southern city of Tyre.
The Israeli army said that it had taken control of the Lebanese border village of Maroun Al-Ras and had captured two Hezbollah members there.
Hezbollah missiles land on Haifa killing 2 civilians and wounding several others. More than 2,200 rockets have hit Israel so far says Amir Peretz, Israel's defence minister.
Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian coordinator, describes Israeli bombing of build-up areas as "a violation of humanitarian law" as he toured bombed areas of south Beirut.
Condoleezza Rice travels to the Middle East.
July 22
Israeli ground troops move into the village of Maroun al-Ras in south Lebanon and take control. The Israeli army insists that incursions will be limited in scope despite the recall of thousands of reserve troops.
Israel continues its offensive by hitting communications targets in Lebanon, including a relay station used by several Lebanese television stations.
Hezbollah fires at least 50 rockets hitting several cities and villages in northern Israel.
Washington rushes a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, according to The New York Times.
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, describes the plight of Lebanon as part of the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" and says that Israel should ignore calls for a ceasefire.
July 21
Israel calls up several reserve army battalions and drops leaflets over southern Lebanese villages warning civilians to leave the area.
More than 100,000 civilians have already left their homes in south Lebanon.
Brigadier-General Alon Friedman, who is in charge of Israeli army operations in the north, said: "It's possible that in the coming days our ground operations will increase."
Hezbollah launch fewer rockets than on any day since the conflict began. Only 40 rockets reach Israel.
The Israeli air force continues to hit targets around Lebanon. More than 300 Lebanese civilians have now been killed in the raids.
July 20
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Lebanon's civilians have borne the brunt of Israeli air strikes |
Israeli army units enter southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions near the border. Four Israeli soldiers are killed.
An Israeli airman dies when two Apache attack helicopters collide near the northern border.
Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanese towns and Baalbek kill 45 Lebanese civilians.
Hezbollah fires more than 120 rockets at Israel. Two Arab children are killed in the Israeli-Arab town of Nazareth.
July 19
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Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah |
Israel drops 23 tonnes of bombs on a single target in southern Beirut in an attempt to kill Hassan Nasrallah.
More than 70 Lebanese civilians are killed as Israel continues its bombing campaign against Lebanese infrastructure and Hezbollah positions.
Israeli commando units enter Lebanon at several points along the border.
They discover several underground Hezbollah bunker complexes and engage in firefights with Hezbollah members. Two Israeli soldiers are killed.
Hezbollah fire more than 100 missiles into Israel. One Israeli is killed in the town of Nahariya.
An Israeli F-16 fighter aircraft crashes while taking off from its base in southern Israel. The pilot escapes unharmed.
July 18
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Emile Lahoud, the Lebanese president, inspects a bomb site |
Israel continues its air strikes across Lebanon. The attacks kill 11 Lebanese soldiers in their army barracks east of Beirut.
Hezbollah rockets again strike Haifa, wounding several Israelis.
Saudi Arabia says it will support the deployment of an international military force to stabilise Lebanon.
More than 200 Lebanese have now been killed in the Israeli offensive.
July 17
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A Lebanese man frees a pigeon from a ruined house in Beirut |
Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue, killing more than 45 civilians.
Hezbollah fires more rockets into Israel, injuring at least 10 civilians in Haifa and Safed.
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, calls for an international military force to separate the warring sides.
Israeli forces briefly enter parts of Lebanon to attack and destroy Hezbollah posts along the border.
Foreign governments begin evacuating their citizens from Lebanon.
July 16
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Smoke rises after Hezbollah rockets hit a train station in Haifa |
Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa, Israel's second city, killing eight civilians and wounding more than 20.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, says the Haifa attack will have "far-reaching consequences".
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the battle against Israel is "just at the beginning". That evening more rockets land in other northern Israeli towns, wounding several more civilians.
Continuing Israeli air attacks killed at least 23 people around Lebanon.
Iran warns Israel that any attack on Syria would incur "unimaginable losses".
July 15
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Lebanese civilians flee air attacks in south Lebanon, 15 July. |
Israeli aircraft destroy Hezbollah's headquarters in southern Beirut in an attempt to kill Hasan Nasrallah, the group's leader.
Israel bombs Lebanon's ports and other sites across Lebanon. The attacks kill at least 35 people.
Eighteen Lebanese civilians die when an Israeli rockets hit their van near the southern city of Saida.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, promises "open war" against Israel.
Hezbollah rockets hit Tiberias, an Israeli city in Galilee. The attacks are the deepest so far.
Foreign government make plans to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon.
July 14
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Israel was shocked when a Hezbollah missile hit a navy ship |
Israel bombs targets across Lebanon including bridges, roads and power stations. Israeli aircraft also hits Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut.
Israel also attacks broadcasting facilities belonging to Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel.
Hezbollah fires an Iranian-made anti-shipping rocket at an Israeli naval vessel off Beirut. The attack kills four Israeli sailors. Israeli accuses the Lebanese army of assisting Hezbollah.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, say Israel's operations will end only when rocket attacks on Israeli cities stop, when Israel's two abducted soldiers are released and when Lebanon implements United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for Hezbollah to be disarmed.
July 13
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Firefighters tackle a blaze at Beirut on July 13 |
Israeli jets bomb the runway of Lebanon's only international airport, the Rafiq Hariri Airport in Beirut, at dawn. The airport is closed and flights are diverted.
Israel announces an air and sea blockade of Lebanon, and says that Hezbollah will not be allowed to return to its former position along the border.
Israeli aircraft attack what it says are Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon. The raids kill 35 Lebanese civilians.
Hezbollah fires rockets that hit towns in northern Israel, including Nahariya and Safed. Two civilians are killed.
July 12
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The funeral of Sgt Nimrod Cohen, killed in Lebanon on12 July |
Hezbollah fighters seize two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. Three Israeli soldiers are also killed in the attack. It says it will release them if Israel frees Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
"Fulfilling its pledge to liberate the prisoners and detainees, the Islamic Resistance ... captured two Israeli soldiers at the border with occupied Palestine," a Hezbollah statement said.
Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, said the attack was an "act of war" by Lebanon and said he would make the country pay a "heavy price".
Later that day, Israel launches a small cross-border raid in the area where the two soldiers were abducted. Hezbollah destroyed one Israeli tank, killing its four-man crew. Another Israeli was killed in an operation to recover the tank.
"If the soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years" Lt-Gen Dan Halutz |
"This affair is between Israel and the state of Lebanon," Major-General Udi Adam, head of Israel's Northern Command says. "Where to attack? Once it is inside Lebanon, everything is legitimate - not just southern Lebanon, not just the line of Hezbollah posts." Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz, Israel's chief of staff, says: "If the soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years."
On June 27 Hamas, an armed Palestinian group, had kidnapped an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid from Gaza. Hamas demanded that Israel release Palestinian prisoners.
By Aljazeera
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