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Israeli bomb kills UN observers
Four United Nations observers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Israel has expressed "deep regret".
Israel earlier said it would control an area in southern Lebanon until international forces deployed.
The force will be discussed at international crisis talks to be held in Rome on Wednesday.
The summit will feature US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Mr Annan, as well as foreign ministers and top officials from five European and four Arab countries.
BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall said the Italian prime minister and others believe a quick ceasefire to be the main priority.
But the US and Britain will not push for a ceasefire unless root causes of the conflict are addressed, she adds.
Observers sheltering
Ms Rice will attend the talks after ending her tour of the Middle East on Tuesday.
More than 380 Lebanese and 42 Israelis have died in nearly two weeks of conflict in Lebanon, which began after Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on 12 July.
The UN in Lebanon says the Israeli air force destroyed the post, in which four military observers were sheltering.
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It said the four, from Austria, Canada, China and Finland, had taken shelter in a bunker under the post after it was earlier shelled 14 times by Israeli artillery.
A rescue team was also shelled as it tried to clear the rubble.
"I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces of a UN Observer post in southern Lebanon," Mr Annan said in a statement from Rome.
Unifil has been operational in the border area since 1978 and is currently 2,000 strong.
Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has vowed the group will continue its rocket attacks on Israel.
Mr Nasrallah told Hezbollah's al-Manar television that the militant group would fire rockets deeper into Israel and would counter any Israeli advance into southern Lebanon, and criticised what he called an Israeli-US plan for a "new Middle East".
"There is no way that we can accept any humiliating conditions on us, our people or our country... especially after all these sacrifices... we are open to political discussions and solutions with flexibility, but the dignity and national interest is a red line."
In other military action:
- The Israeli army said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Abu Jaafar, in fighting in southern Lebanon
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- Earlier the UN said Israeli forces were now in control of the town of Bint Jbeil after fierce fighting and were moving on the village of Yaroun to the south [/*:m:1e14hbe6]
- Israel resumed air raids on Beirut, with explosions heard in southern suburbs - a Hezbollah stronghold [/*:m:1e14hbe6]
- Hezbollah fired more Katyusha rockets into Israel, killing a 15-year-old Arab-Israeli girl in the northern Israeli village of Maghar and striking Haifa with a large salvo [/*:m:1e14hbe6]
- Hezbollah said 27 of its fighters had been killed as of Monday, but the Israeli military said it had killed "some dozens".[/*:m:1e14hbe6][/list:u:1e14hbe6]Truce call
Earlier, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz had said a "security zone" in southern Lebanon would be maintained "under the control of our forces if there is not a multinational force".
Hezbollah has maintained its rocket fire into Haifa
He said: "We have no other option. We have to build a new security strip that will be a cover for our forces."
He did not specify whether Israeli troops would remain there but insisted they would "continue to control [Hezbollah]" in their operations.
Israeli government sources have estimated the width of the zone at anything from three to 10km (1.9-6.2 miles).
An unnamed Israeli official quoted by Reuters news agency said between 10,000 and 20,000 international peacekeepers would be needed.
BBC defence and security correspondent Rob Watson says Israeli details on the zone - and how it will be secured - are far from clear.
Israel is acting with tremendous restraint, were they targeting civilian populations there would be thousands upon thousands dead
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He says it is possible Mr Peretz is trying to put pressure on the international community to deliver the peacekeeping force.
Earlier, Ms Rice met Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and later Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Mr Abbas called for an immediate end to "aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" and for an "immediate ceasefire" in Lebanon.
Ms Rice said the only solution was a sustainable and enduring peace.
Her words were reinforced later by US President George W Bush who said: "I support a sustainable ceasefire that will bring about an end to violence... Our mission and our goal is to have a lasting peace, not a temporary peace."
In his meeting with Ms Rice, Mr Olmert said he was "very conscious" of the humanitarian needs of Lebanon's civilians, but insisted Israel was defending itself against terrorism.
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Posted : 25/07/2006 9:34 pm
It said the four, from Austria, Canada, China and Finland, had taken shelter in a bunker under the post after it was earlier shelled 14 times by Israeli artillery.
A rescue team was also shelled as it tried to clear the rubble.
I wonder if they weren't observing something that our good "Israeli" friends didn't want observed.
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Posted : 25/07/2006 10:08 pm
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That is a distinct possibility.
Although this is a cruel thing to say, I like the fact the killed UN-ers are a highly international bunch. It will "help raise awareness" on a wider scale.
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Posted : 26/07/2006 12:14 am
I heard just a little dit on the news about it. Seems the israeli are still shelling the area around the bunker creating a hazard to those trying to get into the area for relief purposes or whatever they call that. Speculation as to exactly what the UN is going to do about it, if anything. I'll be looking for up-dates on this one, for sure.
Posted : 26/07/2006 3:55 am
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I heard just a little dit on the news about it. Seems the israeli are still shelling the area around the bunker creating a hazard to those trying to get into the area for relief purposes or whatever they call that. Speculation as to exactly what the UN is going to do about it, if anything. I'll be looking for up-dates on this one, for sure.
Here on the Public channel the killing is big news. The two private channels - one Fox-owned and the other - a "Greek" kiken property, hardly mentioned it. Talked with some people here at work, everybody is quite pissed about the izraelis. Some are even taking the big step from "izraelis" to "jews". Guess it's like that all over the world. Bad time for the kikes ahead. Can't wait.
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Posted : 26/07/2006 4:39 am
I wonder if they weren't observing something that our good "Israeli" friends didn't want observed.
Heh, they've chosen a wrong side to observe - Lebanon. They all should cry out loud about hezbollah' terrorists killing innocent israelis. 
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Posted : 26/07/2006 5:38 am
The israelis have the with us or against us mentality. They attacked the U.N. observers intentionally. Inside their jewish heads they think anyone who isn't helping them butcher their enemies is on their enemy's side. That's why the silly zionist christians are busting their balls to prove they're pro-israel, supporting a country thousands of miles away engaged in a war that has nothing to do with them.
Posted : 26/07/2006 8:55 am
The israelis have the with us or against us mentality. They attacked the U.N. observers intentionally. Inside their jewish heads they think anyone who isn't helping them butcher their enemies is on their enemy's side. That's why the silly zionist christians are busting their balls to prove they're pro-israel, supporting a country thousands of miles away engaged in a war that has nothing to do with them.
Posted : 26/07/2006 8:57 am
Well well well, this new head kike of the iz looks to be trying to step out of the shadow of the previous butcher of beruit. You know this was a direct order, along with those red cross vans that have missle holes through the top.
Posted : 26/07/2006 10:42 am
I wonder if they weren't observing something that our good "Israeli" friends didn't want observed.
U.S.S. Liberty ring a bell (no pun intended).
If Israhell needs a 20 mile buffer zone between them and southern Lebanon, why don't the create it out of the 20 miles of their land south of the Lebanese border?
Dumb question. They're jews...they never give an inch.
We shouldn't either.
The man who believes that he has free will is more easily controlled since he will never think to look for the chains--Burrhus
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Posted : 26/07/2006 10:46 am
Those four UN personnel were clearly killed with intent and in cold blood. Those four bodies are to serve as a warning to the UN that Israel will not tolerate any interference in its attempts to ethnicly cleanse Southern Lebanon and the Occupied Territories.
In the era of laser targeting, smart bombs, and spy satellites the notion that a bomb could hit a building unintentionally is absolute horseshit. That building was targeted clear and simple and once again the blood of innocents is on Jewish hands.
Posted : 03/08/2006 6:37 pm
Jews are the offspring of Satan. Killing the goyim, it is one of their favorite activities, right after stealing the goyim's money.
Posted : 03/08/2006 6:49 pm
USS Liberty all over again, but this time against the whole world. The jews could even have been planning to blame a Hezbollah rocket, but figured they wouldn't be able to pull that off. The jews anyway decided for the next best lie - Hezbollah was firing rockets from there.
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Posted : 04/08/2006 4:37 am
howz this for a better, future head-line:
'WHITE POWER GOVERNMENT KILLS 4 MILLION JEWS.......EXPRESSES NO REGRET!'
no jews....just right....an idea whos time HAS COME!
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Posted : 04/08/2006 4:49 am