Posted on 08/12/2006 7:47:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
JERUSALEM - Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday during an expanded offensive in Lebanon, the army said, making it the highest one-day toll for the Jewish state since the war against Hezbollah erupted.
The deaths, which occurred in several battles in Lebanon throughout the day, brought to more than 100 the number of Israeli troops killed so far.
In its statement Sunday, the military also said that a five-member crew of a downed helicopter was missing.
The transport helicopter was shot down by Hezbollah guerillas. Only the crew were on board at the time, the army said.
On Saturday, more Israeli tanks and soldiers surged into southern Lebanon, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest ground combat of the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan.
The leader of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah grudgingly joined Lebanon's government in accepting the U.N. resolution but vowed to keep fighting until Israeli troops leave and hand over territory to a muscular U.N. peacekeeping force intended to separate the antagonists.
Israel also signaled its intention to approve the plan, at a Cabinet meeting Sunday, and a senior official predicted fighting would stop Monday morning, but there was no slowing in the bloodshed.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced early Sunday that a cease-fire would take effect at 8 a.m. Beirut time Monday (1 a.m. EDT), saying both Israeli and Lebanese leaders agreed to the start time. In his statement, Annan called for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Israel was determined to batter Hezbollah until the end, while the guerrillas seemed to be fighting as fiercely as ever after a month of intense Israeli air, artillery and ground assaults.
Hmmm.. no mention of the number of Hezzie caualties
Norm this is an awful day for the IDF.
I hope Olmert is out of office soon. His terrible management of this war hurt his country deeply.
And lets hope it was an even worse day for the terrorist Hezbollah fanatics.
I suppose this does not have anything to do with a step up in the tempo of operations in preparation for the "cease fire".
Dog the IDF advanced very deep inside Lebanon and controlled a lot of territories today, and fought in a lot of places inside Lebanon. Today was a great day for the IDF.
There are 5 missing IDF soldiers from that crash...so there might be more Israeli POW's....for Olmert to abandon.
No problem, thanks for posting that.
One day, the score will be settled.
Thanks for passing that on.
It may well be that as with the inflated death toll in Qana, the same is true here.
I'm sure the Hezbollah death toll was much higher.
God Bless IDF soldiers.
Nineteen casualties?
I can not see Israel winning this war if such has destroyed their morale.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html
06:11 Germany`s DuMont invests 25m euros in Haaretz (Haaretz)
05:55 8 more soldiers killed in Lebanon Saturday, bringing death toll to 19 (Army Radio)
05:50 Itai Steinberger, 21, named as fallen IDF soldier (Haaretz)
05:48 IDF names Yossi Abutbul, 20, Yaniv Tamerson, 21, as soldiers killed Saturday (Haaretz)
05:43 PM to meet with families of abducted soldiers to discuss diplomatic efforts (Haaretz)
04:10 IDF: More than 80 Hezbollah fighters killed in weekend clashes (Haaretz)
04:03 Sources: Hamas holding back Qassam fire from Gaza Strip (Haaretz)
03:36 IDF source: Syria still transferring rockets to Hezbollah (Haaretz)
02:53 Annan: Both Lebanese, Israeli leaders have agreed to cease-fire (Reuters)
02:23 U.S. arrests 3 men suspected of targeting Michigan bridge for terrorist attack (AP)
01:51 IAF strikes Fatah position in Palestinian camp near Sidon, wounding one (Reuters)
00:46 4 more IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon on Saturday, bringing death toll to 11 (Haaretz)
00:29 Bush: Hezbollah must be stopped from acting as a `state within a state` (AP)
00:14 Hezbollah minister says his group will deal with UN resolution `realistically` (Reuters)
23:50 Around 100 left-wing activists protest in front of Halutz`s Tel Aviv home (Haaretz)
23:34 IDF: No members of combat units were aboard helicopter that was shot down (Haaretz)
23:18 Heathrow airport cancels third of flights due to new security regulations (Reuters)
22:53 Lebanese media: Israeli helicopter shot down by Hezbollah fire (Haaretz)
22:15 Lebanese cabinet unanimously approves UN cease-fire plan (AP)
21:59 War costs Israel NIS 23b, according to official estimate (TheMarker)
21:21 Rice says hopes for cessation of hostilities within `a day or two` (AP)
21:12 Military officials: At least 40 Hezbollah fighters killed Saturday by IDF (Haaretz)
21:06 Two of 7 IDF troops killed Saturday were crushed in tank accident (Haaretz)
20:49 FM Livni: IDF offensive likely to end Monday morning (Reuters)
20:44 Italy prepares 2,000-3,000 troops for deployment in south Lebanon (AP)
20:41 IDF helicopters drop troops at many points south of Litani (Haaretz)
20:36 Bush, Olmert agree to meet sometime in the next few weeks (Haaretz)
20:33 300 protesters rally at Atlit prison in solidarity with imprisoned IDF refuseniks (Haaretz)
20:10 11 soldiers seriously wounded in clashes with Hezbollah on Saturday (Haaretz)
20:10 Seven IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon on Saturday (Haaretz)
20:04 IDF forces reach Litani River (Haaretz)
19:31 U.S. promised Israel it will not be forced to withdraw from Shaba Farms (Haaretz)
19:16 One person lightly injured by rocket shrapnel near Ma`alot (Haaretz)
19:13 Six Katyusha rockets land in Acre; no injuries reported (Haaretz)
19:02 Sirens sound in Haifa, Nahariya, across western Galilee (Haaretz)
18:56 Bush: Time for int`l community to turn words into action to bring peace to Mideast (AP)
18:55 Siniora: Cease-fire resolution shows that `whole world has stood by Lebanon` (AP)
18:19 Nasrallah: We agree to deployment of Lebanese army, UNIFIL (Haaretz)
18:18 Nasrallah: As long as the occupation continues, it is our right to fight (Haaretz)
17:49 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: We will uphold cease-fire (Channel 10)
17:45 ISRAELI OFFICIAL: CEASE-FIRE TO GO INTO EFFECT MONDAY AT 7 A.M. (Haaretz)
17:37 Four rockets land in Carmiel, one hits residential building; no injuries (Haaretz)
17:35 Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah to deliver televised address shortly (Ch. 10)
17:33 Rocket alert siren sounds in Haifa (Channel 10)
17:18 Rocket hits house on kibbutz adjacent to Kiryat Shmona; no injuries (Haaretz)
16:55 IDF says it found, destroyed tunnel used for arms smuggling between Egypt, Gaza (AP)
16:28 5 rockets land near Kiryat Shmona, one hits residential building; no injuries (Haaretz)
16:27 Lebanese PM: United Nations cease-fire resolution serves country`s interests (AP)
16:14 2 people lightly hurt, 2 buildings damaged as 13 rockets land near Ma`alot (Haaretz)
16:13 UN envoy Alvaro de Soto: Int`l force may be deployed within 7-10 days (Reuters)
16:11 Aid workers: Clashes preventing 100,000 people from receiving aid (Reuters)
16:02 IDF: 40 Hezbollah militants killed in past 24 hours (Israel Radio)
15:30 Current EU President Finland welcomes UN cease-fire resolution (AP)
14:52 Italy wants to serve in Lebanon peace force, wants to help decide its mandate (AP)
14:44 1 person lightly injured from rocket fire in Kiryat Shmona; building damaged (Haaretz)
14:38 Turkish FM: Turkey to look favorably upon sending peacekeepers to Lebanon (AP)
14:35 IAF jets drop leaflets over Beirut calling on residents to `shake off` Hezbollah (AP)
14:29 4 Katyusha rockets land in open fields in Kiryat Shmona; no injuries reported (Haaretz)
14:27 Two people lightly injured from Katyusha fire in Moshav Amirim near Safed (Haaretz)
14:24 Rocket alert sirens sound in Carmiel, Tiberias, Safed, Rosh Pina (Israel Radio)
14:11 Four Katyusha rockets land in open fields in Safed; no injuries reported (Haaretz)
14:00 2 Katyusha rockets land in Kiryat Shmona, 1 in Safed; no injuries reported (Haaretz)
13:18 IDF Chief: Israel has nearly tripled the number of forces in Lebanon (AP)
13:04 Halutz says believes Israel can conduct ground war in Lebanon for about a week (AP)
12:54 Bangladesh sends 20 tons of humanitarian aid to Lebanon (AP)
12:32 23 soldiers hurt, 5 moderately and the others lightly, in south Lebanon (Haaretz)
12:25 UN envoy to ME: Int`l force in Lebanon could begin deploying in 7 to 10 days (Reuters)
12:13 German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes UN cease-fire resolution (Reuters)
11:23 Peres: UN resolution `vindicates` Israel`s month-long military campaign (Reuters)
10:46 IAF missiles hit northern Lebanese border crossing to Syria, blocking access (AP)
10:31 EU`s Solana welcomes UN resolution, says `it has taken too long to arrive at` (Reuters)
09:46 Widespread exchanges of fire between IDF, Hezbollah continue (Haaretz)
09:44 New Zealand ready to send peacekeeping troops to south Lebanon (AP)
09:17 Knesset ministers: It is unclear if Hezbollah will honor UN resolution (Israel Radio)
09:03 IDF enters a village 11 km. inside south Lebanon, deepest offensive yet (Reuters)
08:35 China praises UN resolution calling for immediate end to Israel-Lebanon conflict (AP)
08:23 Lebanes medical sources: IAF strike kills at least four in south Lebanon (Reuters)
08:14 Japan welcomes UN resolution to end Israel-Lebanon conflict (AP)
08:01 U.S. envoy in Iraq: Iran pressing Shi`ites to attack U.S. forces in Iraq (Reuters)
FRom Haaretz.com
04:10 IDF: More than 80 Hezbollah fighters killed in weekend clashes (Haaretz)
Good grief! Has these people forgotten what real war is?????
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