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The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Beirut on an unannounced visit to discuss the crisis between Lebanon and Israel. She has been meeting the Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and will later travel onto Jerusalem to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Stuart Hughes reports from Beirut.
Dr. Rice arrived in Beirut from Cyprus on a heavily-armed military helicopter and went straight into talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. American officials have described the visit as an important show of support for the Lebanese people and its government. Dr. Rice is due to make an announcement on US aid to Lebanon while she is here in Beirut. Speaking while on route to the region, Dr. Rice said there was an urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon. But she said the right conditions needed to be in place to make that ceasefire sustainable.
A Lebanese cabinet minister Marwan Hamadeh has said he welcomed more international troops in his country to secure peace. He said any new troops should be part of a reconfigured United Nations force, which has been in southern Lebanon for almost 30 years. The minister said this would help the Lebanese army extend its authority overall of the country. On Sunday, Israel indicated that it might accept the deployment of foreign troops in southern Lebanon. But the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suggested such a force should be made up of European Union troops with combat experience. The Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres says Hezbollah’s rocket attacks have not weakened the resolve of his people.
“They didn't break the spirit of Israel, they didn’t reduce the strength of the Israeli army, they brought a great deal of damage upon the Lebanese themselves. And eventually there is nothing they can achieve, and nothing that Israel will do in order to bring an end to this attack".
In the latest fighting in southern Lebanon, the Israel says it has engaged in fierce exchanges with Hezbollah militants as it pushes further north from Marunarass, the border village took on Saturday. The Israeli military said it had control of the area surrounding the town of Binchbell, another Hezbollah stronghold, although Israeli troops had not taken the town. At least 10 soldiers are reported to have been wounded. An Israeli helicopter has come down near the border, but the cause is unknown. There's been no word from the Lebanese side.
As the Israeli offensive in Lebanon continues, there've been fresh attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel said Palestinian militants were continuing to fire rockets into southern Israel. There were no reports of casualties. Palestinian medical sources said 2 people had been killed by Israeli artillery fire in northern Gaza. The rocket landed near an apartment block close to the border with Israel. Lucy Williamson reports from Gaza city.
Eye-witnesses say the rocket landed near a crowd of people who were standing outside tower block Number 10, an apartment block on the outskirts of Birlahere. The crowd had been watching Palestinian militants fire home-made rockets across the border into Israel. According to the Israeli army, at least two of those rockets hit the town of achkerlon earlier today, but they caused no damage. For several weeks now, Israel has launched daily attacks into Palestinian towns from tanks ranged along Gaza's northern border.
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