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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: August 14, 2006 |
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Ehud Olmert said Monday he takes sole responsibility, as Israel's prime minister, for the offensive against Lebanon.
In a political statement to parliament, Olmert said the U.N. cease-fire agreement that went into effect earlier Monday eliminated the "state within a state" run by Hezbollah, and restored Lebanon's sovereignty in the south.
He promised to do everything he could to win the return of Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah on July 12, which triggered the war.
Olmert was giving a political statement the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, for the first time since the early days of the war that broke out July 12. He was to be followed by opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. |
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