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...Israeli media is reporting a disagreement on this question between Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Guided by his generals, Peretz wants to press on to the Litani River, up to 12 miles north of the Israeli border, and even beyond. That would also extend the duration of the campaign for at least another week, say Israeli military experts. The prime minister, mindful of the gently increasing pressure from the White House, and of the risk that expanding the ground offensive could bring large numbers of Israeli casualties, has insisted the assault be more limited...
...Olmert's caution is reinforced by military experts who note that even if Israel clears a buffer zone - which would require the forced eviction of tens of thousands of Lebanese villagers - Hizballah rockets fired from beyond the Litani River could still reach north and central Israel. And war planners have not forgotten that the last time Israeli forces dug in north of the border, their bases and supply lines were easy prey for Hizballah's guerrilla units...
...South Lebanon village of Froun, two miles from here. The huge blasts and column of dirt and smoke that rise from Froun are watched intently by Haj Rabieh and Abu Mohammed, two veteran Hizballah fighters, who live among the bombed-out ruins of this village just south of the Litani river. An Israeli reconnaissance drone whines directly overhead and both Hizballah men know that the bombs pounding Froun could soon be directed against them if they are spotted...
...Hizballah positions at Maroun al-Ras, Bint Jebeil and a handful of smaller villages. But Israeli Defense Force officials say there are at least 170 more such Hizballah strongholds throughout southern Lebanon, and they admit that Israel would have to occupy the territory all the way up to the Litani River to have any chance of eliminating the militant group as a fighting force...
...Most of them are civilians fleeing the villages that dot the hills southeast of here, heading north for the relative safety of the port town of Tyre, or further up the coast beyond the Litani river. But some vehicles head the other way - straight into the killing zone that south Lebanon has become since Israel's onslaught against Lebanese Hizballah guerrillas began 13 days ago. These are the ambulances of the Lebanese Red Cross, driven by fearless young men and women volunteers who risk their lives each day to ferry casualties from villages cut off by shelling and bomb cratered...