Latest Developments From the Mideast

July 14, 2006

Latest Developments From the Mideast

From staff reports and news agencies

* Israeli warplanes strike targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs linked to Hezbollah

* Air attacks inflict more damage on Beirut’s airport..

* Lebanese officials say three people were killed today by Israeli bombs.

* Hezbollah fires more rockets into northern Israel, wounding at least eight people.

* Lebanon’s prime minister says President Bush assured him by phone he would urge Israel to “limit the damage.’’

* French President Jacques Chirac condemns Israel’s attack as “completely disproportionate.’’

* Russian President Vladimir V. Putin calss for an immediate cease-fire by all sides, and said the gathering would take up the conflict on Saturday.

* Israeli ground forces pull out the central Gaza Strip but bomb an office of Hamas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/world/middleeast/cnd-latest.html