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Crisis Deepens


The Israeli army has begun expanding its ground offensive into Lebanon on the prime minister's orders, citing dissatisfaction with the direction of UN talks on a ceasefire resolution.

Avi Pazner, an Israeli government spokesman, said on Friday that the draft of a United Nations resolution on ending the Lebanon conflict is "unacceptable in its current state".

"The resolution draft was altered on the request of Lebanon, which is under pressure from Hezbollah. The discussions have now taken the appearance of haggling at a Lebanese carpet shop - we will not fall into this trap," Pazner said.

"The diplomatic option having failed for the moment, we did not have any other choice but to lean towards the military option," he said.

The orders to sweep to the Litani River, 20km from the border, had been approved by Ehud Olmert's security cabinet on Wednesday but put on hold.

Olmert's go-ahead on Friday came shortly after US and British ambassadors to the UN said the Security Council was on the verge of a deal aimed at halting the month-old war.

But Qatar's UN ambassador, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, said changes were still being discussed with Lebanese and Israeli authorities.

Aljazeera's correspondent in New York said the amended resolution would include a call for the strengthening of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon instead of sending a new international force.


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