Fierce fighting ahead of truce deadline
AlJazeera.com
As a United Nations ceasefire comes into effect in southern Lebanon, Israeli forces have pushed ahead with a last minute offensive againt Hezbollah.
Prior to the deadline, some of the heaviest fighting of the conflict so far came after the Israeli cabinet approved a UN resolution calling for a halt to the month-old war.
Early on Monday morning Israeli planes flew over Beirut just two hours before the fighting was due to end, dropping leaflets that said: “To the Lebanese citizens: Hezbollah which is serving its Iranian and Syrian maters has led you to the edge of the abyss.”
“Know that Israel defense forces will return and work with the required force against any terrorist act that will be launched from Lebanon to harm the state of Israel.”
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