26 July 2006 (Tuesday)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
- Four United Nations observers are killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon. An initial UN report says they contacted the Israeli troops 10 times before an incoming bomb killed four of them. (BBC NEWS), (BBC NEWS)
- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in the Middle East. (Sky), (BBC NEWS)
- The Battle of Bint Jbail intensifies. (Ynetnews)
- Nine Israeli soldiers are killed as IDF forces attempt to gain control of a key hilltop in southern Lebanon. (AP), (BBC NEWS)
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