Rescue members research in the ruins in south of Lebanon yesterday. -Xinhua

The Israeli security cabinet yesterday decided to continue intensive fighting against Lebanese Hezbollah.

"The intensive fighting against Hezbollah will continue, including attacks on the group's infrastructure and command posts, its operational abilities, its armaments, and the leadership of the organization," said a statement issued following a security cabinet meeting.

The statement said that aims of the ongoing military actions were to release two soldiers kidnapped by the Shiite militant group on July 12, halt rocket attacks on northern Israel and to remove the Hezbollah threat.

In addition, the security cabinet approved to continue military actions against Palestinian militant groups including the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in a bid to stop rocket firing and free a soldier taken hostage by Palestinian militants on June 25.

Hezbollah continued shelling Israel with rockets, while Israel intensified its military offensive against Lebanon.

Over 250 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, while 25 Israelis have been killed.