A Week of Bombing on Lebanon resulted in the death toll reaching more than 200 civilians in Lebanon and 30 in Israel with more than 420 Lebanese wounded according to official sources.
• The Lebanese economy lost more than $600 million. with all hopes of economy reaching an annual growth of 5% this year through the tourism sector vanishing as all tourists flee away.
• Most countries governments like the United States, Germany, UK, Australia and France have started evacuating their citizens from Lebanon through the sea, back home via cyprus.
• George Bush microphone mistake revealed his frustration from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Syria and Hizboulla.
• Leaders at the world G8 summit called on militant group hizboulla in Lebanon to stop their attack on Israel and urgeded Israelis to stop killing civilians and damaging Lebanon’s infrastructure.
• Tunisian singer Latifa, asked her several poets and composers to help her produce a song to salute the bravery of the Lebanese they showed during this war.
• Ehud Olmert,Israel’s Prime Minster, said that Israel would only stop its attack on Lebanon if Hizboulla stops fighting back and returns the captive soldiers. He stressed that Hezbollah should be removed from southern Lebanon to insure peace in the area.