page_title: Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
section_title: Friday, July 14
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War / July 12–19 / Friday, July 14
caption_attribution_description: The Lebanese-Israeli conflict map
context_page_description: This is a timeline of events related to the 2006 Lebanon War. This entry is divided into the following articles:
  Timeline of Military Operations in the 2006 Lebanon War
  Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
  Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
  Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
  Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
  Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War
context_section_description: The Israeli offensive into Lebanon continues, and for the first time the offices of Hezbollah are bombed. Hezbollah declares "open war".
  The Israeli Sa'ar 5-class missile boat INS Hanit that was blockading the waters 10 nautical miles (19 km) off of the Lebanese coast was damaged in the stern after being hit by a C-802 anti-ship missile. Various sources are reporting that the missile is Chinese-made while others report that it was Iranian-made or procured from Iran, a charge which Iran denies.  It is known that China has provided Iran with this type of missile in the past. Early on there were mistaken reports that it had been hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle packed with explosives, and that there was no serious damage to the ship.
  Israel immediately recovered one sailor's body, and three more were found two days later.
  An Egyptian civilian merchant ship, the Moonlight, was hit by a Hezbollah rocket, caught in the cross-fire as Hezbollah was firing on the Israelis. The ship was registered in Cambodia, but sailing under Egyptian flag, carrying several hundred tons of cement. The ship sank in minutes, but the Egyptian crew managed to board lifeboats and was picked up by another civilian vessel.  One crewman, however, was seriously injured.
  Hezbollah launched about 100 Katyusha rockets on Israeli towns of Nahariya, Safed, Hatzor HaGlilit, Rosh Pina, Kiryat Shmona, and Karmiel, and in the agricultural settlements Mattat, Sasa, Peki'in, Beit Jan, Biria, Biranit, Kabri, Gesher Haziv, Sa'ar and Ben Ami, resulting in 30 injuries.
  Late the same day, a Katyusha in Meron killed two people, a grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson, and residents of Haifa are reportedly being ordered into bomb shelters.
  The Jerusalem Post reported that an attempt by a group of Hezbollah members to enter Israel was stopped by IDF.
  The number of Lebanese civilians killed in the Israeli strikes rises above 50, and the United Nations convened an emergency meeting of the Security Council where Lebanon accused Israel of launching "a widespread barbaric aggression".
caption: Map of conflict as of July 14, 2006. In yellow is the Israeli blockade, in the red area regions of active conflict.
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