Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday afternoon that Israel would
continue to pursue the leaders of Hezbollah, whose group abducted two Israeli
soldiers on July 12, sparking the conflict.
In his first address to the parliament plenum since the United Nations
brokered cease-fire went into effect Monday morning, Olmert vowed that Israel
would continue to hunt down the leaders of Hezbollah, calling it a "moral
right," and said that Israel reserved the right to respond to any violation of
the truce.
The prime minister said the month-long military offensive had hurt
Hezbollah's long-term capabilities, its arsenal and its confidence.
Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it shot
dead a Hezbollah militant in the central part of south Lebanon, the first such
one following ceasefire in Lebanon.
An IDF spokeswoman told Xinhua that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the
militant and killed him when the man was approaching to their post.
After 33 days of fighting, the ceasefire in Lebanon came into force at 8:00
(0500 GMT) on Monday.
