Morning News Roundup
Iran Test-Fires Short-Range Missiles as Part of Military Exercises
Iranian state media say Iran's army has test-fired several short-range missiles as part of a major military exercise that began Saturday. Iranian television says the military tested a surface-to-surface missile called the Saegheh (which means lightning in Farsi) that has a range of 80 to 250 kilometers. The television report says the missile test took place Sunday in the Kashan desert.
Iran working on aid package to rebuild Lebanon
Sun 20 Aug 2006 6:29 AM ET
TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it was working on an aid package to help rebuild shattered areas of Lebanon, a senior Foreign Ministry official said. "The government is considering the kind of help and the way to deliver that help to Lebanon," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.
Israel Violated Lebanese Ceasefire: Annan
Israel has violated the terms of a UN-mandated halt to fighting in Lebanon, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said, calling on all parties to respect an embargo on unauthorized arms shipments to Lebanon. "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities as laid out in Security Council resolution 1701," a statement issued by Annan's spokesman said. "The incident involved an Israeli raid in eastern Lebanon on Saturday. According to UNIFIL, there have also been several air violations by Israeli military aircraft," it said. "All such violations of Security Council Resolution 1701 endanger the fragile calm that was reached after much negotiation and undermine the authority of the government of Lebanon."
Yishai: Israel needs to focus on next war
Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eliyahu Yishai said on Sunday that Israel needs to focus on the next round of fighting with Hizbullah. Yishai said a probe into deficiencies in the government's handling of the war should carried out within the framework of a special panel set up by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to rehabilitate northern communities. (Ronny Sofer) Ynet
Iran Halts Gas Exports To Turkey After Pipeline Explosion
Sunday August 20th, 2006 / 14h07
TEHRAN -(Dow Jones)- Iran halted the flow of natural gas to neighboring Turkey after an explosion on the Turkish side of an international pipeline, an Iranian gas industry official said Sunday. "Iran's gas export to Turkey was ceased, effective 10 p.m. Saturday due to an explosion (at the pipeline) on Turkish territory," the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Houshang Mehrdad, an official of the National Iranian Gas Export Co., as saying.
Qatar offers to rebuild Bint Jbeil
Qatar offered to rebuild the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, which was badly damaged in fighting between Israel and Hizbullah, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported on Sunday. (Roee Nahmias) Ynet
Peretz: Lebanese army won't approach border
Defense minister says IDF will not allow Lebanese army to approach border with Israel until multinational force deploys in area. As for harsh public criticism over war's results, Peretz says proper deployment of multinational force with 15,000 troops can change public opinion. 'Our duty is to prepare for next round,' he stresses
Ronny Sofer Ynet
Lebanon: Truce violators are traitors
Lebanese Defense Minister Elias al-Murr vows to be tough against any party that breaches ceasefire on Lebanese side of border; 'any rocket fired from Lebanon will benefit Israel,' he says
Roee Nahmias Ynet
Iran Denies Post-war Funding to Hizbullah
13:35 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hizbullah received no funding from the Islamic state in the wake of the terrorist group’s war with Israel. A ministry spokesman said no grants or other aid has been sent to Hizbullah as yet, and that a decision on the specifics of such assistance will be decided in the near future.
Annan Criticizes Broken Promises for European Soldiers
11:41 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, faced with thousands fewer European soldiers than pledged to supplement the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), lashed out on Sunday at the European nations who failed to make good on their promises to send troops to enforce Security Council Resolution 1701 in the region. Annan pleaded with the European nations, whose soldiers are better equipped and trained, to send the “desperately needed” forces, reassuring them that they would not be required to disarm terrorists.
Israel Rejects Lebanese and UN Claims
11:09 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
by Hillel Fendel
PM Olmert's office staffer says Israel's raid in Lebanon yesterday was not a violation of the ceasefire, but rather the required response to Hizbullah's ongoing violations of the ceasefire.
"The operation was necessary," the official in the Prime Minister's Office, said, "because Hizbullah is violating the ceasefire by smuggling in war materiel from Syria and Iran. It was a necessary operation, and it is good that we did it."
Iranian state media say Iran's army has test-fired several short-range missiles as part of a major military exercise that began Saturday. Iranian television says the military tested a surface-to-surface missile called the Saegheh (which means lightning in Farsi) that has a range of 80 to 250 kilometers. The television report says the missile test took place Sunday in the Kashan desert.
Iran working on aid package to rebuild Lebanon
Sun 20 Aug 2006 6:29 AM ET
TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it was working on an aid package to help rebuild shattered areas of Lebanon, a senior Foreign Ministry official said. "The government is considering the kind of help and the way to deliver that help to Lebanon," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.
Israel Violated Lebanese Ceasefire: Annan
Israel has violated the terms of a UN-mandated halt to fighting in Lebanon, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said, calling on all parties to respect an embargo on unauthorized arms shipments to Lebanon. "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities as laid out in Security Council resolution 1701," a statement issued by Annan's spokesman said. "The incident involved an Israeli raid in eastern Lebanon on Saturday. According to UNIFIL, there have also been several air violations by Israeli military aircraft," it said. "All such violations of Security Council Resolution 1701 endanger the fragile calm that was reached after much negotiation and undermine the authority of the government of Lebanon."
Yishai: Israel needs to focus on next war
Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eliyahu Yishai said on Sunday that Israel needs to focus on the next round of fighting with Hizbullah. Yishai said a probe into deficiencies in the government's handling of the war should carried out within the framework of a special panel set up by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to rehabilitate northern communities. (Ronny Sofer) Ynet
Iran Halts Gas Exports To Turkey After Pipeline Explosion
Sunday August 20th, 2006 / 14h07
TEHRAN -(Dow Jones)- Iran halted the flow of natural gas to neighboring Turkey after an explosion on the Turkish side of an international pipeline, an Iranian gas industry official said Sunday. "Iran's gas export to Turkey was ceased, effective 10 p.m. Saturday due to an explosion (at the pipeline) on Turkish territory," the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Houshang Mehrdad, an official of the National Iranian Gas Export Co., as saying.
Qatar offers to rebuild Bint Jbeil
Qatar offered to rebuild the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, which was badly damaged in fighting between Israel and Hizbullah, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported on Sunday. (Roee Nahmias) Ynet
Peretz: Lebanese army won't approach border
Defense minister says IDF will not allow Lebanese army to approach border with Israel until multinational force deploys in area. As for harsh public criticism over war's results, Peretz says proper deployment of multinational force with 15,000 troops can change public opinion. 'Our duty is to prepare for next round,' he stresses
Ronny Sofer Ynet
Lebanon: Truce violators are traitors
Lebanese Defense Minister Elias al-Murr vows to be tough against any party that breaches ceasefire on Lebanese side of border; 'any rocket fired from Lebanon will benefit Israel,' he says
Roee Nahmias Ynet
Iran Denies Post-war Funding to Hizbullah
13:35 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hizbullah received no funding from the Islamic state in the wake of the terrorist group’s war with Israel. A ministry spokesman said no grants or other aid has been sent to Hizbullah as yet, and that a decision on the specifics of such assistance will be decided in the near future.
Annan Criticizes Broken Promises for European Soldiers
11:41 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, faced with thousands fewer European soldiers than pledged to supplement the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), lashed out on Sunday at the European nations who failed to make good on their promises to send troops to enforce Security Council Resolution 1701 in the region. Annan pleaded with the European nations, whose soldiers are better equipped and trained, to send the “desperately needed” forces, reassuring them that they would not be required to disarm terrorists.
Israel Rejects Lebanese and UN Claims
11:09 Aug 20, '06 / 26 Av 5766
by Hillel Fendel
PM Olmert's office staffer says Israel's raid in Lebanon yesterday was not a violation of the ceasefire, but rather the required response to Hizbullah's ongoing violations of the ceasefire.
"The operation was necessary," the official in the Prime Minister's Office, said, "because Hizbullah is violating the ceasefire by smuggling in war materiel from Syria and Iran. It was a necessary operation, and it is good that we did it."
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