Crisis in the Middle East update

Israel continues its bombardment of Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel as the crisis precipitated by Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers intensifies.

Nearly 25,000 Americans will begin full-fledged evacuation Tuesday via a cruise ship as attacks continue in Mideast

170 reported dead in Lebanon; 24 Israelis dead

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KEY FLASHPOINTS: 16-17 JULY

Safed: Six people reported hurt as Hezbollah rocket lands near hospital

Rmeileh bridge: Ten people killed as Israeli air strike hits two cars travelling from Sidon towards Beirut

Haifa: Port closed after further Hezbollah rocket attacks. Eight people killed in separate attacks on Sunday

Beirut: Fuel tanks attacked in the port area, the airport and suburb of Dawra. Hezbollah's al-Manar TV station attacked on Sunday

Beirut-Sidon road: Seven people reported killed in airstrike

Wazzani: Two people reported killed in Israeli missile strike

Abdeh and Tripoli: Some 15 Lebanese soldiers reported killed in airstrikes on north Lebanon ports.

Marwahin: An apparent air strike on a road near the port kills at least 17 people, including a number of children

Tyre: At least 10 people are killed in a strike on a building in the port city of Tyre

Sidon: An air strike hits a petrol station

Jiyyeh: Israeli planes return to bomb power station again

Hermel: Three civilians killed in an attack on a town on the Syrian border, Hezbollah TV says

Baalbek: Israeli planes bomb the eastern city of Baalbek, where local Hezbollah leaders were believed to have gathered

Tiberias: Hezbollah rockets hit town 35km from the Lebanese border

Gaza: At least five Palestinians killed as Israeli forces move back into the town of Beit Hanoun.

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