U.S. Plan Seeks to Wedge Syria Away From Iran  —  WASHINGTON, July 22 — As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel on Sunday, Bush administration officials say they recognize Syria is central to any plans to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and they are seeking ways …

IDF to residents of Southern Lebanon: Leave today  —  (VIDEO) In message to 13 southern Lebanon towns, broadcast by Arab radio stations, residents informed their lives in danger, told to move north of Litani river.  CO Galilee Division: We'll expand operations if we must  —  Hanan Greenberg

Israel building prison for Lebanese captives  —  Exclusive: IDF starts building detention compound to be used for holding Hizbullah members that will be captured during fighting in north.  Officials: Project attests to government's plans for large-scale ground incursion in Lebanon

CAN ISRAEL WIN?  —  NOT THE WAY IT'S FIGHTING  —  July 22, 2006 — ISRAEL is losing this war.  For a lifelong Israel supporter, that's a painful thing to write.  But it's true.  And the situation's worsening each day.  —  A U.S. government official put it to me this way: "Israel's got the clock, but Hezbollah's got the time."

Israeli tanks, troops raid Lebanese town  —  ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER - Israeli tanks and hundreds of troops moved in and out of Lebanon on Saturday, taking over a village, entering a U.N. observation post and engaging Hezbollah militants by land, sea and air as part of the country's limited ground campaign.

NASRALLAH BELIEVES HE'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT  —  In an interview with Al-Jazeera late Thursday night, Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made it absolutely clear who was calling the shots in Lebanon - and it isn't the Lebanese government.  —  Speaking more like a head of state …