Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accepted on late Friday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah and will urge the government to approve it.

Olmert will urge the cabinet to approve during Sunday's meeting the resolution proposed by the U.S. and France to the UN Security Council aimed to end the one-month-old fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a report carried by local newspaper Ha'aretz on its website.

The UN Security Council is expected to vote on the draft resolution soon.

Officials in Olmert's office said that the Israeli prime minister was "satisfied" with the revised resolution.

But Israeli official sources said that Israeli military operations in Lebanon would continue for the time being."Key ministers have voiced satisfaction at the amendments made to the resolution over the last few hours," an official was quoted by Ha'aretz as saying.

"The military offensive will continue until a cabinet vote on the draft resolution," he added.

Meanwhile, Ha'aretz reported that Olmert spoke with U.S.President George W. Bush after giving a nod to the UN Security Council resolution.

Olmert thanked Bush for his concern for Israeli interests, said the report.

The draft resolution calls for an immediate, full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and the deployment of Lebanese troops and the increased UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in south Lebanon along with parallel withdrawal of Israeli troops.

Olmert's acceptance of the draft resolution came shortly after he ordered the Israeli army to widen ground operations in south Lebanon.

Under the order, the Israeli troops are expected to push to the Litani River, about 20 km inside Lebanon from the border with Israel.

About 10,000 Israeli troops are currently operating in south Lebanon and have exchanged heavy fire with the Lebanese Hezbollah guerillas.

Ha'aretz reported that the Israeli army was "continuing forward at full power" and that all the forces slated to take part in the expanded offensive had already assumed forward positions in the field.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on July 12 when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight during cross-border raids.

Over 1,000 Lebanese and more than 120 Israelis have been killed during the fighting.