PJM War Coverage
Loomings, Origins & Week 1: 7/11 - 7/23

Developments in Gaza An “incursion” into Gaza is reported. (July 11, 2006 4:44 PM)

Widening Into War? Beirut Airport closed after runways hit by three missiles from Israeli jets. ( July 12, 2006 4:56 PM)

WAR “The Rubicon has been crossed.” ( July 13, 2006 11:07 AM)

MidEast War: 1 Three killed and 55 wounded in IAF attacks Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut southern suburbs. (July 13, 2006 11:59 PM)

MidEast War: 2 Israel claims that over 700 rockets and mortars have been fired on northern Israel. (July 14, 2006 9:24 AM)

MidEast War: 3 Ynet reports that a search is being undertaken for four Israeli sailors missing from the corvette earlier struck by a Hezbollah naval weapon. (July 14, 2006 10:39 AM)

MidEast War: 4 Israel with 42-72 hour “window” to hit Hezbollah. (July 15, 2006 5:36 PM)

MidEast War: 5 British ships head to the Med likely to evacuate UK citizens from Lebanon. (July 15, 2006 11:59 PM)

MidEast War: 6 Preparations for the evacuation of US Embassy have started. (July 16, 2006 7:59 AM)

MidEast War: 7 “Army using bunker-busters against Hizbullah leadership.” (July 17, 2006 0:01 PDT)

MidEast War: 8 Israelis bomb the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Gaza—again. (July 16, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 9 Sunday, the IDF deployed a Patriot missile battery outside Safed. (July 17, 2006 0:01 PDT)

MidEast War: 10 Israeli ground troops have gone into Southern Lebanon. (July 17, 2006 0:01 PDT)

MidEast War: 11 Iranian foreign minister is in Damascus to consult with Syria over Lebanon. (July 17, 2006 10:45 PDT)

MidEast War: 12 Ralph Peters asks: will there be a ground offensive or has Israel chickened out? (July 17, 2006 18:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 13 Poll: 81 pct of Israelis back fighting in north. (July 18, 2006 00:10 PDT)

MidEast War: 14 Many nations plan for “the biggest mass evacuations since World War II.” (July 18, 2006 06:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 15 US has told Israel it has one more week to inflict damage on Hezbollah before America joins the call for a ceasefire. (July 18, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 16 “IDF engaged on 3 fronts: Gaza, Nablus, Lebanon” (July 18, 2006 21:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 17 Beirut: Pillar of Smoke. Pillar of fire. (July 19, 2006 02:00 PDT)

MidEast War 18 Israeli aircraft dropped 23 tons of bombs on a Hezbollah bunker. (July 19, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War 19 40 U.S. Marines landed on a beach in Beirut to assist with the evacuation of Americans. (July 19, 2006 18:00 PDT)

MidEast War 20 Roger Simon interviews a Haifa teenager directly from the latter’s Israel bomb shelter. (July 20, 2006 01:00 PDT)

MidEast War 21 The hostilities must stop now! Demands Kofi Annan. Rocket barrages resume. (July 20, 2006 06:00 PDT)

MidEast War 22 Continuous battle in Avivim, Israel. (July 20, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War 23 Hezbollah leader Nasrallah scoffs at Israeli offensive and promises to deliver “surprises”. (July 20, 2006 18:00 PDT)

MidEast War 24 Israel is warning civilians to leave Lebanon border towns. (July 21, 2006 01:30 PDT)

MidEast War 25 Israeli tanks and other military vehicles are lined up outside the border of Lebanon.(July 21, 2006 06:00 PDT)

MidEast War 26 “Three to four ground divisions will be operating along the Lebanese front.” (July 21, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War 27 Warplanes bombard rocket launchers, Hizbullah buildings and telecommunication center. (July 21, 2006 19:00 PDT)

MidEast War 28 “Israeli tanks head to Lebanese border village of Maroun al-Ras where Israeli troops are already deployed.” (July 22, 2006 00:00 PDT)

MidEast War 29 US rushes a pre-ordered delivery of precision-guided weapons to Israel and CAIR promptly condemns it. (July 22, 2006 06:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 30 IDF is set to move on “Hezbollah villages” north of the border, including the Hezbollah “capital” Bint Jabel. (July 22, 2006 12:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 31 Senior officials say the US will give Israel a week to complete the military offensive in Lebaon. (July 22, 2006 18:00 PDT)

MidEast War: 32 Lebanese Foreign Minister says the kidnapped IDF soldiers are in good health while Syria is formulating a package to resolve the crisis in Lebanon. (July 23, 2006 00:00 PDT)

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Coverage by Jose Guardia (PJM in Barcelona), Richard Fernandez (PJM in Sydney), Julliette Ochieng (PJM in LA), Roger Simon (PJM in LA), Neil Spolin (PJM in LA), and Gerard Van der Leun (PJM in Seattle).

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