Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Thursday that his country would not allow Lebanese Hizbullah militia to return to its strongholds along the Israeli border.

"We will prevent Hizbullah guerrillas from returning to their stronghold on border," Peretz said, adding that "as long as I'm concerned, that's unequivocal."

Peretz's tough stance came a day after Hizbullah, a Shiite-backed militant group based in southern Lebanon, fired rockets into northern Israel and abducted two Israeli soldiers. Israeli army has launched series of air raids on Lebanon,destroying many civil infrastructure, including the only international airport of Beirut, ten bridges, two power stations and a water station.

Altogether 47 Lebanese have been killed since the air raids,according to the pan-Arabic television channel al-Jazeera.

On Wednesday morning, Israel announced that it began to impose a sea blockade on Lebanon by sending warships into Lebanese maritime space.