Israel retreats from Lebanese border after battle

Israel yesterday said it carried out over 60 aerial attacks in southern Lebanon, among them rocket launchers, weapon stores, and infrastructures.

The Israeli army attacked launchers used in firing rockets at Israel among them a rocket launcher from which long range rockets were fired at the Israeli city of Afula yesterday.

Air Force planes also attacked a series of structures, headquarters, and stores used by the Hizbullah organization as sites in which weapons were hidden and stored, trucks containing weapons, and rocket launching areas.

An Israli report said 6 Israeli soldiers were injured in the Lebanese town of Bint Jbail in battles with Hizbullah.

This comes as the Los Angeles Times reported today also that "Israeli troops pulled back from a Lebanese border town Saturday after a week of heavy fighting with Hizbullah guerrillas who hailed the retreat as a victory."

A Los Angeles Times report observed that "Israeli leaders talked with some confidence of crushing Hizbullah. Now they seem ready to settle for pushing the guerrillas a few miles back from the Israeli border."

Israel this week said "Israel joins the international community in its demand to bring about the full and immediate implementation of UN Resolution 1559 and the G-8 statement."

The head of Organization Of Islamic Conference note that Israel does not seem to be interested in the UN resolutions against that are against it.