Lebanon Seeks Cease-Fire; Bush Refuses to Press Israel
From the New York Times:
Israel today held to three conditions it set for any ceasefire: the release of the two Israeli soldiers seized by Hezbollah in the cross-border raid on Wednesday that touched off the current fighting; a halt to rocket fire by Hezbollah; and a decision by the Lebanese government to implement a United Nations resolution calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah.
In New York, Nouhad Mahmoud, Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council that Israel’s actions “were undermining the sovereignty’’ of his country.
Israel extended punishing airstrikes deeper inside Lebanon today, as President Bush rebuffed a Lebanese request that he push Israel for a cease-fire.
