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Ceasefire Starts in Lebanon
The Bulgarian Post 2006-08-14 09:14:42 Heavy fighting in southern Lebanon stopped abruptly on Monday after a U.N.-brokered truce came into effect, but reports that Israeli troops killed a Hizbollah guerrilla underlined the fragility of the calm. Security sources in south Lebanon said Israeli air strikes and artillery fire continued until just a few minutes before the truce took effect at 0500 GMT. Then there was silence. Thousands of Lebanese displaced by five weeks of fighting headed south toward their homes, choking bomb-damaged roads with their cars. Drivers hooted their horns in celebration. In northern Israel, soldiers coming out of Lebanon were greeted with hugs and handshakes by their comrades. Streets became busier as residents emerged from homes and bomb shelters. Around 1,100 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 156 Israelis, including 116 soldiers, have been killed in the war that began after Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12. Israeli says around 530 Hizbollah guerrillas were killed in the war. Hizbollah has acknowledged only about 80 dead. |
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