World News Israel starts pulling out of Lebanon

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BEIRUT (AP) — Israel began slowly pulling out forces from southern Lebanon on Aug. 15 — the first full day of a tense cease-fire.

But Israeli and Hezbollah forces avoided any escalation in fighting, raising hopes that the U.N.-imposed cease-fire could continue.

After 34 days of fighting, the cease-fire that started Aug. 14 brought a fragile truce, with Hezbollah surviving and Israeli forces unable to score a decisive victory.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has declared "strategic, historic victory" against Israel.

Both Israel and its main supporter, the United States, however, said Hezbollah is the loser — and by extension, its main supporters, Iran and Syria.

Meanwhile, the U.N. cease-fire plan calls for Lebanese forces to join up with another 15,000 soldiers in a strengthened U.N.-backed military mission to keep the peace in southern Lebanon.

Israel's military officials also made a first gesture at possible negotiations. They said 13 Hezbollah prisoners and the bodies of dozens of guerrillas could be offered in exchange for two captive soldiers, who were taken in a cross-border raid July 12 that touched off the worse Arab-Israel battles in 24 years.

イ軍が南レバノンから撤退開始

イスラエルは15日、南レバノンからの部隊の撤退を開始した。

Shukan ST: Aug. 25, 2006

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