July 12th: Hizbollah guerrillas capture two Israeli soldiers and kill up to eight. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert calls it an "act of war" by Lebanon.
July 13th: Israeli aircraft bomb runways at Beirut's Rafik al-Hariri International Airport. Israel's navy blockades Lebanese ports.
July 14th: Israeli planes blast the main Beirut-Damascus highway, tightening an air, sea and land blockade of Lebanon.
July 15th: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora demands an immediate UN-backed ceasefire, denouncing Israel for turning his country into a "disaster zone".
He appeals for foreign aid. An Israeli missile in southern Lebanon kills 20, including 15 children.
July 16th: Rockets fired by Hizbullah kill eight in the Israeli city of Haifa. Israeli Prime Minister Olmert warns Lebanon of "far-reaching consequences" after the attack.
July 17th: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN secretary general Kofi Annan call for deployment of a security force in Lebanon. US and Israel frown on the idea.Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accuses Israel of using terrorist methods to exert pressure on Lebanon and says its offensive would foster extremism in the Middle East.
July 18th: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says Hizbollah must free its two Israeli captives without conditions.
July 19th: Israeli troops cross the border to raid Hizbullah posts.
Two of its soldiers were killed and nine injured in fighting with Hizbullah guerrillas.
Mr Siniora calls on the international community to intervene to end an Israeli onslaught against the country and to rush in badly needed humanitarian aid.
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill 58 civilians and one Hizbullah fighter, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war.
At least 294 people have been killed in Lebanon in eight days -- all but 27 of them civilians -- and 29 have died in Israel.