Collateral Damage
An Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon hits a bus filled with women and children trying to flee the region, raising questions about whether Israel is doing enough to avoid civilian casualties. Read Full Entry
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Tue, Jul 25 2006, 12:10 AM ET
One Day in Tyre
In one southern Lebanese city, fear and hardship reign as victims fill the hospitals; bodies pile up in the morgue; ambulances are attacked; food, water and fuel supplies run low; and missiles strike the heart of downtown. Read Full Entry
Tue, Jul 25 2006, 8:56 PM ET
No Exit
American citizens are caught in the crossfire in southern Lebanon while trying to flee the fighting. Read Full Entry
Wed, Jul 26 2006, 6:16 PM ET
The View From Haifa
The north of Israel has been pounded by Hezbollah's arsenal for two weeks. The Hot Zone talked to an Israeli journalist in Haifa to better understand what it means to live in a city under siege. Read Full Entry
Wed, Jul 26 2006, 8:49 PM ET
Precise Destruction
With a targeted missile strike in the center of downtown Tyre, Israel destroys a building reportedly associated with Hezbollah. But while the destruction was complete, it was not bloodless, nor without repercussions. Read Full Entry
Thu, Jul 27 2006, 9:06 PM ET
Little Relief
Humanitarian supplies finally begin to trickle into southern Lebanon, but local leaders say they’d rather have peace. Read Full Entry
Fri, Jul 28 2006, 8:23 PM ET
Guns in the Closet
At home in a town in southern Lebanon, a Hezbollah fighter waits to be called to action. Read Full Entry
Sun, Jul 30 2006, 10:54 PM ET
Killings at Qana
Israeli missiles hit a house in southern Lebanon, killing dozens of civilians, the majority of them women and children. Read Full Entry
Mon, Jul 31 2006, 10:20 PM ET
Out of the Rubble
With a temporary halt in air strikes, both people and stories emerge from the destruction of one south Lebanese town. Read Full Entry
Wed, Aug 2 2006, 4:58 PM ET
Going the Distance
A longtime CIA official says Hezbollah wins the battle with Israel simply by surviving. Read Full Entry
Thu, Aug 3 2006, 6:48 PM ET
The Great Game
Lebanon has once again become a pawn in a game between internal and international powers, and the result may be that everyone loses. Read Full Entry
Fri, Aug 4 2006, 6:30 PM ET
Cut Off
Four bridges in Lebanon were destroyed by Israeli air strikes on Friday, breaking up the last major roadway from Beirut to Syria. Kevin Sites reports from the scene. Read Full Entry
Mon, Aug 7 2006, 9:24 PM ET
Three Strikes
Israeli firefighters chase Katyusha rocket impacts in a northern border town as a local high school gets hit for the third time in two weeks. Read Full Entry
Tue, Aug 8 2006, 9:02 PM ET
Trading Punches
An artillery unit of Israeli reserve soldiers contemplates their lives and the war, while exchanging fire across the border. Read Full Entry
Wed, Aug 9 2006, 8:33 PM ET
Rain of Rockets
Northern Israeli towns come under a heavy Hezbollah barrage as Israel approves expanding its ground war in Lebanon. Read Full Entry
Thu, Aug 10 2006, 9:19 PM ET
The Ground War
An Israeli reserve infantry officer explains what it’s really like to fight Hezbollah on the ground. Read Full Entry
Mon, Aug 14 2006, 6:00 AM ET
An Unfinished Life
An Israeli soldier is buried on the kibbutz where he lived, just a day before a cease-fire is slated to begin. Read Full Entry
Tue, Aug 15 2006, 11:22 PM ET
A Time to Heal?
With a cease-fire in place, soldiers and civilians in Haifa consider how the war between Israel and Hezbollah has affected them, and what comes next. Read Full Entry
Thu, Aug 17 2006, 2:15 PM ET
A Shaken Landscape
With a cease-fire in place between Israel and Hezbollah, it's in neither party's interest to resume the fight. The reasons why amount to a dangerous new reality for Israel. Read Full Entry
Mon, Aug 21 2006, 5:32 PM ET
Lebanon Diary: Holding a Rock
In a conflict filled with civilian casualties and muddy prospects, perhaps the only victory is keeping anger in check. Read Full Entry
Wed, Aug 23 2006, 5:16 PM ET
Israel Diary: 'To Be or Not to Be'
For many Israelis, this was not the war they expected. But for six years, the writing has been on the wall, they say - it’s about their survival. Read Full Entry
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- Wikipedia: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict - provides an overview of the current conflict, historical background, and casualty information.
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HOW TO HELP
- Save the Children: Middle East Crisis - provides emergency response to children and families affected by the fighting in Lebanon and Israel.
- Direct Relief International: Middle East - offers assistance to address the health and medical needs of people in Israel and Lebanon.
- World Vision: Crisis in the Middle East - provides emergency relief, humanitarian and development assistance to impoverished children and families.
- GlobalGiving - connects givers directly with people working for peace and providing humanitarian relief in Israel and Lebanon.
- Oxfam: Middle East crisis - helps innocent people caught up in the violence in Lebanon, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Red Cross - working to evacuate and provide emergency relief to people wounded or displaced by the hostilities in Israel and Lebanon.
- Human Rights Watch - monitors human rights developments around the world, including in Israel and Lebanon
- UNHCR: Lebanon - leads and co-ordinates international action to protect refugees.
- UNICEF: Lebanon - priorities include child care and development, education, and youth empowerment.
- Mercy Corps: Lebanon - delivering humanitarian aid within Lebanon as the latest outbreak of violence continues.
- American Friends of Magen David Adom - works to provide medical supplies, equipment, and paramedic training throughout Israel.
- International Medical Corps: Lebanon - provides relief support to hospitals and refugee camps in southern Lebanon.