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Monday, July 17, 2006
ISRAEL RULES OUT MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE

ISRAEL RULES OUT MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel, whose air strikes failed to halt Hizbullah rocket
fire, has ruled out a major ground offensive in Lebanon.

Officials said the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has
rejected recommendations for an infantry assault on Lebanon. They said
Olmert and his senior ministers have concluded that such a move would
escalate U.S. and European pressure on Israel.

"At this point, we are talking about an air war, with limited use of special
operations troops," an official said. "We want to keep our signature on the
ground very low."

At a news conference on Saturday, Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, head of the
army's Operations Directorate, said the military
would not commit ground troops to Lebanon. Eisenkot said any infantry
incursion would be brief and designed for specific missions.
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