30 July 2006 (Sunday)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis:
- Israel halts air strikes for forty-eight hours, after an airstrike killed sixty civilians in Qana, Lebanon. (CTV NEWS)
- The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting on the Middle East crisis after the deaths of more than 54 Lebanese civilians in an Israeli raid. (BBC)
- More than 54 civilians, at least 37 of them children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese town of Qana. (CNN), (BBC)
- Ehud Olmert states that "Israel is not in a hurry to have a cease-fire" before it achieves its goals. (The Independent)
- 146 Rockets hit Israel, at least three in Haifa, wounding six people. (Reuters)
- The United Nations compound in Gaza City is stormed and ransacked by Palestinians protesting the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis. Members of the Islamic Jihad militant group threw stones and fired assault rifles. Eight vehicles were damaged and five people were wounded. (Washington Post)
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