Israel confirms go-ahead for expanded Lebanon offensive
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Israel confirmed on Friday that Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert had ordered the army to expand its ground   offensive against Hizbollah in Lebanon but said the decision   "does not exclude a diplomatic solution."
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Developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, saying troops will remain until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted. Israeli officials said the offensive - in which at least 61 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed - will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal...
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Israel's security cabinet approves a plan for a major operation in the Gaza Strip amid escalating violence.
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Israel has stepped up preparations for a possible military incursion into Gaza over concerns that fighting between Palestinian factions may lead to renewed attacks on Israel, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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The Israeli army expects to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by Sunday evening, meeting a key condition of the cease-fire that ended more than a month of fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Israel vowed on Tuesday to respond  against militants who launched a cross-border rocket attack  into the Jewish state from southern Lebanon, but said it would  act with restraint to avoid inflaming the situation.
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Israel must unleash massive air strikes against villages in south Lebanon to clear out Hezbollah gunmen, the justice minister said Thursday, as the Israeli government considered broadening the military offensive against the Lebanese guerrillas.
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Move comes in anticipation of final assault by Lebanese army after almost two months of fighting.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel's three-week-old offensive in Lebanon will stop only after a robust international peacekeeping force is in place in southern Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   said on Monday Israel would pursue its offensive against   Hizbollah until two captured soldiers were returned and   Lebanese army troops controlled all of southern Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed  on Sunday to expand an offensive in Gaza that has killed 55  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets into Israel.
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Israel&#039;s air force is prepared to strike anywhere in Lebanon, including the capital of Beirut, if the Lebanese government fails to rein in Hezbollah guerrillas, the Israeli army chief said Thursday.
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Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 11 a.m. ET   on Thursday, handing over control to international forces.
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U.S. officials on Wednesday confirmed Israel launched air strikes against Syria last week and said they were to target weapons Israel believes were headed for the militant group Hezbollah.
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Developments Monday in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon:
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to expand a huge offensive into Gaza that has killed 50  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets into Israel.