Fighting Resumes In Embattled Region

Israel's self-imposed 48-hour moratorium on air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon didn't make it past a single day... after Muslim guerillas blasted an Israeli tank with an anti-tank missile, injuring three soldiers.

Israel says the latest strikes were aimed at protecting its troops in Southern Lebanon.

"The fighting continues," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Associated Press. "There is no cease-fire, and there will be no cease-fire. We are determined to succeed in this struggle. We will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror."

Olmert added that while Israeli citizens were saddened by the "accidental injuries to innocents in Lebanon, we are not apologizing."

In a second strike, near the city of Tyre, Lebanese military officials say one of their soldiers was targeted by a missile-firing Israeli UAV, while he was in his car.

As Aero-News reported Monday, Israel paused its military air operations over Lebanon after its warplanes hit the city of Qana, reportedly killing more than 50 civilians... many of them reportedly children.

In the past, Hezbollah fighters have been known to retreat into populated areas of Southern Lebanon... blending in with non-combatants in a move the UN calls "cowardly."

FMI: www.iaf.org.il, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah