Israel has rejected a call by the United Nations for a 72-hour ceasefire in its conflict against Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon.
The UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland had asked for the temporary cessation in violence, to enable relief workers to evacuate elderly, young and wounded people from south Lebanon and to bring in emergency aid.
This morning, an Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Pazner said there was no need for a pause in military operations, because he said Israel had opened a humanitarian corridor to-and-from Lebanon.
Reports from Lebanon have said the Israeli military has destroyed a bridge in the eastern Bekaah Valley and attacked 37 areas across the country.
The Israeli military said it killed 26 members of Hezbollah in and around the town of Bint Jbail with at least six of its own troops injured.
Several Hezbollah rockets have been fired into Northern Israel.
2006-07-29
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