Minute by Minute:: August 14

Source: Tayyar, New TV and other news sources

• 23:30 Israeli helicopters circle over towns of al-Saksakiyeh and al-Loubiyeh on Monday night, 15 km south of Saida; drop flare bombs
• 23:00 Lebanese defense minister announces 15,000 Lebanese soldiers will be deployed north of Litani River by end of week
• 20:38 Hassan Nasrallah in televised speech on Manar TV
• 19:00 Olmert takes responsibility for war; Tunisia calls for Arab summit
• 18:50 Israeli army says it has begun pulling out some of its troops from southern Lebanon, but ban on travel south of Litani still in place
• 17:47 International forces: Hezbollah and Israeli army relying on us to evacuate isolated soldiers
• 16:55 AP: Israeli army: 6 Hezbollah fighters killed since start of ceasefire
• 16:36 Olmert: Israeli will pursue Hezbollah everywhere and at all times
• 16:35 Arab Israeli Knesset member Ahmed Tibi and another member were ejected from Knesset after heckling Olmert’s speech to Knesset
• 16:20 Italian foreign minister speaks from Grand Serail: Italy and Europe will contribute to lifting Lebanon out of crisis, enforcing ceasefire and establishing firm basis for future peace.
• 16:15 Olmert speaks to Knesset on cessation of military operations
• 15:17 Israeli troops destroy Lebanese army barracks in Marjeyoun before retreating from town
• 15:15 Civil organizations and municipalities ask residents not to rush back to their villages
• 15:15 Israeli airplanes circle over southern Lebanon
• 15:05 Israeli army asks residents of southern Lebanon not to return to villages
• 14:45 Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz says he will open investigation into war on Lebanon
• 14:40 Israeli troops retreat from Marjeyoun to northern Israel
• 14:06 Israeli army says it killed 2 Hezbollah fighters after ceasefire in southern Lebanon
• 14:05 Residents of southern Lebanon warned not to touch strange objects, as mines and cluster bombs found in villages
• 14:00 Tunisia calls for emergency Arab Summit to discuss rebuilding of Lebanon
• 13:37 Israel breaches ceasefire less than five hours after its implementation
• 13:32 Residents of Southern Suburb of Beirut flock back to neighborhood
• 13:30 Israel admits 116 soldiers killed in battles and over 750 wounded
• 11:42 One person killed in cluster bomb explosion in Ansar
• 10:15 Residents of villages in southern Lebanon warned not to touch any strange objects
• 09:57 Time bomb explodes in Yohmor, injuring one person
• 09:53 Choking traffic near Zahrani as result of thousands of Lebanese returning to southern Lebanon
• 09:42 Reuters: thousands of Lebanese return to southern Lebanon after implementation of ceasefire
• 09:30 Israeli army announces it will continue air and sea blockade of Lebanon despite implementation of UN resolution for ceasefire
• 09:25 Israel announces it is pulling out of some locations it had entered in southern Lebanon
• 08:00 Ceasefire begins officially
• 07:51 Israeli air strikes target eastern Sour (Tyre)
• 07:45 Fierce Israeli artillery shelling on Kfar Shouba
• 07:43 Israeli air strike on Kayfoun hills in Mount Lebanon
• 07:30 Fierce Israeli artillery shelling on southern Sour (Tyre)
• 07:25 Warning sirens in several settlements in northern Israel
• 07:24 Israeli air strikes on Jouwaya, al-Ramadiyeh and Shahrour – Arzoun triangle
• 07:23 Israeli air strike on Sidiqeen and shelling on Ras al-Ain
• 07:10 Israeli air strike on Ain Bourdai in Baalbek
• 07:00 Javier Solana wants UN troops to be sent to Lebanon quickly
• 06:45 Israel attacks eastern Lebanon before start of ceasefire
• 04:15 Newspaper: Olmert orders Israeli army to implement ceasefire in Lebanon
• 03:27 Israeli army estimates 530 Hezbollah fighters killed
• 01:40 Israel and Hezbollah clash in fiercest battles hours before ceasefire
• 01:02 UN secretary general’s personal representative in Lebanon, Geir Pederson confirms, after meeting with Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora, that Lebanon will respect ceasefire as of 8:00 local time (5:00 GMT) on Monday morning
• 00:50 Forty people killed and injured tonight in Israeli air strike on Brital in Beqaa
• 00:42 Israeli landing attempt on Ayaat plains west of Baalbek
• 00:25 al-Jazeera correspondent: 25 people killed and injured in Israeli air strikes on Brital in Beqaa