Police, protesters clash near US Embassy in Beirut

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Source: AP


BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Police fired tear gas on Sunday at scores of demonstrators rallying against Israel's ground offensive in Gaza as the protesters tried to reach the U.S. Embassy compound north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Thousands also held an anti-Israel demonstration in Turkey as news coverage of the invasion, launched late Saturday, dominated Arab satellite television stations. Many of them, including Al-Jazeera, are showing live footage of the Gaza Strip and airing interviews with wounded Palestinians.

Israel's weeklong aerial bombardment of Gaza and the start of the ground offensive Saturday have sparked strong condemnation across the Muslim and Arab world.

Thousands in cities from Tehran to Damascus have taken to the streets to protest the attacks, which have killed about 500 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,600, according to Gaza officials.



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1. Israel on high alert at Lebanon border

Israeli Forces along the border with Lebanon have been put on high alert amid concerns that Hezbollah might respond to the onslaught in Gaza.

The Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported Sunday that the military has been put on high alert after the ground forces crossed the border with the Gaza Strip following a week-long aerial and naval attacks on the region.

"Hezbollah will possibly fire rockets -- or use Palestinian proxies to do so -- in response to the Israel's escalation of its Cast Lead operation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip", said the report.

Tel Aviv launched "Operation Cast Lead" against the Gaza Strip on December 27 and escalated the incursion into a ground offensive late Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had earlier said that Tel Aviv was "not interested" in a second front at the border with Lebanon.

"We are not interested in conducting a long war and we do not wish to conduct a war on a broad front," Olmert said.
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2. Oh yeah..Lebanon's going to get bombed again!

next step Iran!

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3. Lebanese police clash with anti-Israel protesters

Source: IHT


BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanese police have used water hoses to disperse protesters rallying against Israel's Gaza ground offensive near the U.S. Embassy north of Beirut.

Some 500 university students hurled sticks at police Monday and tried to break through the barbed wire fence outside the heavily fortified embassy. Police opened water hoses in a bid to push the protesters back.

On Sunday, five civilians and one policeman were lightly injured when police first used water hoses and later fired tear gas to push demonstrators away from the embassy.

In Syria, about 5,000 people held another anti-Israel demonstration in Damascus. The protesters burned effigies of the U.S. president and Israeli foreign minister and called on Hezbollah to fire rockets on Israel.

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