• Saddam Hussein was hospitalized yesterday after 17 days of hunger strike and was fed through a tube to ensure he is healthy enough to continue with his trial as a verdict becomes close.
• Hezbollah representative in Iran warns that his group plans to widen its attacks on Israel until “no place” is safe for Israelis: “We are going to make Israel not safe for Israelis. There will be no place they are safe… You will see a new Middle East in the way of Hezbollah and Islam, not in the way of Rice and Israel” Hossein Safiadeen said.

Kathem Al-Saher • Iraqi singer Kathem Al-Saher donated 30 Million Iraqi Dinars ($18,000) to the Lebanese Embassy in Baghdad in support of the Lebanese people at their time of need.

Majda Al Roumi • Lebanese singer Majda Al Roumi refused to leave Lebanon, she said that she is spending her time these days like the rest of the Lebanese people waiting and visiting the schools in her region which welcomed lots of refugees from the south part.

• In light of the events in Lebanon, a private jet was waiting for Haifa Wehbe to take her out of the country.