The timeline of events in the 2008 fighting in Lebanon is set out below.
Timeline May May 8, 2008 1 Amal fighter, 30 civilians killed In street battles in Beirut one Amal fighter and six civilians are killed, among the dead were two women and one child.Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon :: If not now, when -Seven killed in Beirut fighting
May 9, 2008 7 Hezbollah fighters, 2 Lebanese Democratic Party (LDP) fighters, 1 pro-government fighter In street battles in Beirut one pro-government and two LDP fighters were killed.The Daily Star - Politics - Day 5: Lebanese dare to hope worst is over In street battles in Aley eight people, including seven Hezbollah fighters, are killed.Lebanon death toll up following northern clash - Israel News, Ynetnews In sporadic clashes in Sidon a man and his wife were killed; and in Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley a woman was killed also.
May 10, 2008 10 SSNP members, 9 pro-government fighters, 2 Hezbollah fighters, 2 soldiers, 2 civilians, 1 Australian citizen killed A gunman fired on the funeral procession of the government supporter, who was killed the previous day in Beirut, leaving two people dead and several wounded. At least 14 people were killed in northern Lebanon in the town of Halba in clashes between the rival supporters. 10 of the dead were SSNP members, three were government loyalists and one was an Australian citizen who was trying to get information at the SSNP offices about evacuating from the city.Australian killed in Lebanon: DFAT - National News - National - General - Hawkesbury Gazette Three Hezbollah fighters were attacked in Aley by pro-government Druze fighters leaving two of them dead and the third missing. Two soldiers were killed in fighting east of Beirut.Hezbollah withdrawing gunmen from Beirut Another person was killed in clashes in Sidon. A woman was killed in heavy street battles in Tripoli late in the evening.
May 11, 2008 17 pro-government fighters, 21 Hezbollah fighters, 2 civilians killed In heavy ground and artillery battles in the mountain town of Chouweifat and surrounding villages 40 people, including 21 Hezbollah and 17 pro-government Druze fighters and two civilians,Heavy fighting breaks out in north Lebanon were killed.Lebanon army gives gunmen deadline to disarm
May 12, 2008 1 civilian killed In clashes in Tripoli one person was killed and at least six others wounded.Al Jazeera English – News – Fresh Clashes In North Lebanon
June June 17, 2008 3 civilians killed In clashes in the Bekaa Valley three civilians were killed.
June 22, 2008 1 policeman, 8 civilians killed In clashes in Tripoli one policeman and eight civilians were killed.
July July 25, 2008 1 policeman, 8 civilians killed In clashes in Tripoli one policeman and eight civilians were killed. Among the dead were two women and a 10-year-old child.The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
Casualties Based on the above-mentioned reports 109 people were reported to have been killed and one is missing. Pro-government fighters: 27 killed Opposition fighters: 43 killed, 1 missing Lebanese Army: 2 killed Lebanese police: 2 killed Lebanese civilians: 34 killed* Foreign civilians: 1 (Australian)
*22 of the 34 were most certainly confirmed to have been civilians, with eight of them women, two children and twelve men.
+Breakdown of Opposition and Pro-government fighters fatality reports by groups Group name Oppositionfighters Pro-governmentfighters Hezbollah 30 Syrian Social Nationalist Party 10 Lebanese Democratic Party 2 Amal 1 Future Movement 10 Progressive Socialist Party 17 TOTAL 43 27 Sources: The Daily Star, Ya Libnan, Alarabiya.net
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