- CNN: BEIRUT, Lebanon: The scheduled cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began Monday morning, shortly after Israel papered Beirut with propaganda leaflets, blaming Hezbollah for bringing "destruction, displacement and death" to Lebanon and calling the militant group a puppet of Iran and Syria.
The cease-fire took effect at at 8 a.m.(0500 GMT, 1 a.m. ET). - BBC: Mid-East hope as ceasefire begins : A UN-backed ceasefire ending more than a month of fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, has come into force.
Violence went on through the night as the deadline neared, with heavy Israeli air raids reported in eastern Lebanon.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had ordered an end to offensive actions in Lebanon at 0200 on Monday (2300 GMT Sunday). - Fox news:
Mideast Cease-Fire Deal Goes Into Effect
Israeli Cabinet Approves U.N. Cease-Fire Deal as Heavy Fighting Continues
Monday, August 14, 2006 - Nahanet:
1,071 Dead
3,628 Injured
973,334 Displaced
34 Days, 3 Hours since the start of the Israeli Attack on Lebanon
08:27 - Calm prevails as Lebanon ceasefire takes effect
08:10 - Lebanon ceasefire comes into effect
08:03 - Lebanon ceasefire takes effect - Haaretz Correspondents:
Last update - 08:33 14/08/2006
Tense calm across Lebanon as UN-brokered truce takes effect - Arutz Sheva:Peretz: We’ll Silence the Guns, Won’t Lift the Blockade 07:58 Aug 14, '06 / 20 Av 5766 Israel will uphold the ceasefire resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council over the weekend, but will not lift its naval and land blockade on Lebanon yet.
- Y-NET NEWS: Ceasefire begins; IDF: We'll give it a chance
At 8 a.m. Monday, forces ordered to silence guns. Just before ceasefire comes into force, IDF continues to launch offensive and defensive actions, with artillery batteries firing shells at areas in southern Lebanon. Army officials admit ceasefire is fragile in light of vulnerable situation, but clarify they will 'give it a chance'
Ceasefire begins, at least officially: After 33 days of fighting, more than 150 people killed on the Israeli side and about 1,000 on the Lebanese side, the ceasefire in Lebanon came into force at 8 a.m. Monday, and forces were ordered to silence their guns.
- Daily Star: Calm prevails as Lebanon ceasefire takes effectBy Agence France Presse (AFP) BEIRUT, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Calm prevailed across Lebanon as soon as a UN-brokered ceasefire deal aimed at ending the month-long war in Lebanon entered into force at 0500 GMT on Monday.
Israeli warplanes disappeared from the sky over the Lebanese capital, as well as the war-battered south and east of the country, police and AFP correspondents in the area said. - Christian Science Monitor: In Mideast, cease-fire is a start
The cease-fire is set to take effect at 8 a.m. Monday, though fighting continued Sunday between Israel and Hizbullah.
By Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BEIRUT, LEBANON – The diplomats and politicians have spoken: A cease-fire to end a five-week conflict between Israel and Hizbullah is to take hold at 8 a.m. Monday.
The UN Security Council voted Friday for a 15,000-strong UN peacekeeping force and Lebanese Army control over southern Lebanon. But fighting continued Sunday, and deal-breaking questions remained in a conflict that the US and Iran - patrons of Israel and Hizbullah, respectively - have cast as a strategic struggle to redefine the Middle East.
Now, let's all share a few minutes praying for God to rest all the dying people soul in Peace... and let's all pray hard & work hard for Peace in this sacred land... land of Abraham...
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