Saturday, August 12, 2006

Middle East War Report for Friday, August 11


Updated November 30, 2008:

2 Israeli soldiers were killed and 12 more were wounded in fighting in Lebanon.

40 Israeli civilians were wounded by rocket attacks on Israel. Over 120 rockets slammed into Israel, 70% of them hitting Kiryat Shemona. There was extensive property damage to roads, homes and vehicles.

11 Lebanese were killed and 11 more were wounded in IDF bombing raids in Lebanon.

The IDF said they killed 2 Hezbollah fighters in Rajmin, on the border with Israel.

Fighting in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon wounded 4 IDF soldiers.

6:15 PM: 45 Israeli civilians were wounded in the Hezbollah rocket barrage today.

5:28 PM: Hezbollah fired a rocket that hit a multistory building in Kiryat Shemona, wounding 1 person.

3:42 PM: Hezbollah fired a Khaibar 302mm missile that hit Haifa, but there were no casualties. This was apparently a new type of missile that had not yet been fired before.

2 PM: Hezbollah fired 16 rockets at Haifa and Krayot, causing extensive property damage to many homes and wounding over 40 people.

3:41 PM: Hezbollah fired a rocket that hit a chicken coop on a dairy farm near Kiryat Shemona, causing major damage.

2:30: Hezbollah rockets scored direct hits on homes in Kiryat Shemona and Safad. There were a number of injuries in these attacks.

2 PM: Hezbollah fired 16 rockets at Haifa and Krayot, causing extensive property damage to many homes and wounding over 40 people.

1:05 PM: There is heavy fighting in the Eastern sector of southern Lebanon.

12:50 PM: There was heavy fighting in the western sector of southern Lebanon and 5 IDF troops were wounded. 1 was injured by an anti-tank rocket.

12 PM: 1 IDF soldier was killed and 1 more was wounded in fighting in Rashef, 3 1/2 miles north of Shetula on the border. Rashef is 1 mile north of Dibel.

AM: Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile at IDF troops, killing 1 IDF soldier.

11:22 AM: Hezbollah fired Katyusha rockets into Nahariyah, Haifa, Accra and neighboring cities. There were a number of civilians who were wounded Western Galilee and there was property damage.

10:50: Hezbollah fired a number of Katyusha rockets into Kiryat Shemoma, wounding 4-5 Israeli civilians.

10:44 AM: Hezbollah fired a rocket at Haifa, and 2 Israeli civilians were wounded.

10:25 AM: The IDF fired a missile at the home of a Popular Resistance Committee leader in Gaza, but he fled his home before the attack and was not hurt.

9:33 AM: The IDF hit 100 targets in Lebanon, including 9 buildings supposedly used by the organization. Lebanese authorities report 11 killed and 11 more wounded in these attacks.

9:11 AM: Hezbollah detonated a bomb on IDF troops in Qantara, wounding 5 soldiers .

8:50 AM: The IDF attacked weapons storage facilities of the Popular Resistance Committees in the Shajeyah and Jabalya districts of Gaza Strip.

8:39 AM: 2 IDF soldiers were wounded in fighting against Hezbollah guerrillas in the Western part of Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile at a convoy.

7:27 AM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Accra. There were no injuries in these attacks.

7 AM: Hezbollah fired a number of Katyusha rockets into areas in parts of the Western Galilee. There were no injuries in these attacks.

5:15 AM: Palestinian guerrillas fired a Qassam missile at Sderot. There were no injuries and there was no damage.

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