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"Ceasefire" incidents continue
In second post-ceasefire incident, Israeli troops kill one of a group of armed Hizballah fighters at Banduriya in the central sector of South Lebanon at 1400 hours. Two hours earlier, they shot dead a Hizballah fighter who approached “in a threatening way” in Hadata village in west. Northern Israelis started coming out of bomb shelters after 33 days, South Lebanese cars clog roads heading south from Beirut Monday morning. Unexploded ordinance is a danger on both sides of the border.

At exactly 0800 local time, Israel ordered its ground, air, artillery and naval forces to hold their fire while standing ready for self-defense. Their orders are to hold their fire unless a “hazard is identified.” This is not precisely defined. Hizballah has not announced its acceptance of the ceasefire.

Officers of the IDF northern command fear the flow of returning displaced Lebanese who are circling round bombed roads and bridges to reach their homes in the south will be used as cover for Hizballah to exploit the ceasefire and reinforce its depleted South Lebanese forces.
Of course they will
Half a million Israelis who fled Hizballah attacks are advised to take no chances and wait for one quiet day to pass without rockets before returning. They will find their homes, towns, villages and farms in ruins.

DEBKAfile reports: Lebanon’s Shiite parliament speaker Nabih Berri has asked for 48 hours to try and persuade Hassan Nasrallah to accept a new proposal for Hizballah forces to remain in the south with their arms, attached as an auxiliary force to the Lebanese army units deployed south of the Litani River. Sunday, Nasrallah backtracked on its conditional commitment to the UN resolution's ceasefire. Meanwhile the Israeli troops inside Lebanon will hold to their positions until the 15,000 UN troops to boost UNIFIL and the Lebanese army take over.

Minutes before the ceasefire, two bomb trucks were identified and destroyed on their way to Israeli town of Metula on the Lebanese side of the border. S. Beirut was bombed all night up to the last minute as was Baalbek. A record 250 rockets fired Sunday killed one elderly man and injured 19 in several Galilee towns. Five Israeli soldiers died in combat Sunday. In the five weeks of this round of war, Israel suffered 166 dead - 114 servicemen and 52 civilians. Thousands were injured. More than 4,000 Hizballah rockets were launched against northern Israel. Israel reports up to 500 Hizballah fighters and commanders killed in the five-week war.
Posted by: Steve 2006-08-14
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