Day-by-day: Lebanon crisis - week one
A day-by-day look at how the latest crisis in the Middle East has developed since the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas.
TUESDAY 18 JULY
One hundred and eighty Britons are evacuated from Beirut on the naval warship HMS Gloucester. The group, which sails overnight to Cyprus, are the first of thousands of UK citizens expected to be evacuated in the coming days.
They join 1,600 Europeans transferred to Cyprus on Monday and Tuesday by France and Italy.
Israeli strikes continue for a seventh day, again hitting southern Beirut and also the southern coastal city of Tyre. Eleven Lebanese soldiers die under air attack in the east of Beirut, while six bodies are pulled from the rubble of a building in the town of Aitaroun.
Hezbollah rockets continue to target the Israeli port city of Haifa, although there are no reports of injuries.
The number of Lebanese killed since the start of Israel's offensive reaches about 230, with 25 Israelis also killed.
The UN warns of a humanitarian disaster as Lebanese flee their homes, with air strikes on roads and bridges hampering efforts to help them.
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