3 of 200 Lebanese killed so far were Hizbullah
Daily Star
Israel continued its bombardment of Lebanon Monday, targeting the South, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut's southern suburbs, leading to the death of at least 46 Lebanese and pushing the overall death toll to over 200 since Wednesday. The latest strikes came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the fighting in Lebanon would end when the two soldiers captured by Hizbullah on Wednesday were freed, rocket attacks on Israel stopped and the Lebanese Army deployed along the border.
Delivering a speech to Israel's Parliament, Olmert said Israel would have no mercy on militants who attack its cities with rockets.
"We shall seek out every installation, hit every terrorist helping to attack Israeli citizens, destroy the entire terrorist infrastructure, in every place. We shall continue this until Hizbullah does the basic and fair things required of it by every civilized person," he said.
Israeli officials have said publicly that Israel would not stop fighting until Hizbullah is dismantled. But Olmert's comments Monday seemed to be a softening of that position.
Israel's deputy armed forces chief of staff, Major Moshe Kaplinsky, said Monday that his country's armed offensive in Lebanon would last "at least another week."
The Lebanese resistance group has so far rejected the Israeli conditions. A senior member of Hamas rejected a cease-fire on terms dictated by Israel.
"We accept no conditions for a cease-fire, whatever the pressure," Abdullah Kasir, a member of Hizbullah's central committee, told AFP.
The commander in chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Israel could end the conflict with Lebanon by agree-ing to a prisoner swap proposed by Hizbullah.
Beginning in the early hours of Monday morning, Israeli warplanes hit coastal targets in Beirut, the North and the South.
Homes in Baalbek belonging to Hizbullah members were damaged by over 60 strikes, killing 11 people.
Hizbullah announced that one of its fighters was killed Monday, raising the total of resistance fighters killed in the ongoing crisis to three. Read more
Israel continued its bombardment of Lebanon Monday, targeting the South, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut's southern suburbs, leading to the death of at least 46 Lebanese and pushing the overall death toll to over 200 since Wednesday. The latest strikes came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the fighting in Lebanon would end when the two soldiers captured by Hizbullah on Wednesday were freed, rocket attacks on Israel stopped and the Lebanese Army deployed along the border.
Delivering a speech to Israel's Parliament, Olmert said Israel would have no mercy on militants who attack its cities with rockets.
"We shall seek out every installation, hit every terrorist helping to attack Israeli citizens, destroy the entire terrorist infrastructure, in every place. We shall continue this until Hizbullah does the basic and fair things required of it by every civilized person," he said.
Israeli officials have said publicly that Israel would not stop fighting until Hizbullah is dismantled. But Olmert's comments Monday seemed to be a softening of that position.
Israel's deputy armed forces chief of staff, Major Moshe Kaplinsky, said Monday that his country's armed offensive in Lebanon would last "at least another week."
The Lebanese resistance group has so far rejected the Israeli conditions. A senior member of Hamas rejected a cease-fire on terms dictated by Israel.
"We accept no conditions for a cease-fire, whatever the pressure," Abdullah Kasir, a member of Hizbullah's central committee, told AFP.
The commander in chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Israel could end the conflict with Lebanon by agree-ing to a prisoner swap proposed by Hizbullah.
Beginning in the early hours of Monday morning, Israeli warplanes hit coastal targets in Beirut, the North and the South.
Homes in Baalbek belonging to Hizbullah members were damaged by over 60 strikes, killing 11 people.
Hizbullah announced that one of its fighters was killed Monday, raising the total of resistance fighters killed in the ongoing crisis to three. Read more
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