18 July 2006 (Tuesday)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
- Western governments evacuate their citizens from Lebanon any way they can. (CNN)
- Israel intercepts a rocket shipment from Syria to Hezbollah. (Ynet)
- Israel closes Haifa's port after Hezbollah rockets rain on the port-city, wounding two people.
- The Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by 2.8 percent due to uncertainty in the Middle East. (Bloomberg)
- Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert vows to keep fighting until the captured soldiers are released and Israeli citizens are safe. (ABC News America)
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