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Bereaved Parents: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Failed Miserably In Conducting War & Should Resign Immediately

IDF Chief Of Staff Dan Halutz: IDF Started Transfer Of Territory In South Lebanon To UNIFIL Today – But Ill Recommend Halting Handover If Lebanese Army Does Not Move South. There Is a Potential For New Flareup: It Depends On Political Solutions MK Ami Ayalon: Chief Of Staff Must Not Resign At This Crucial Time

Both Israel’s Prime Minister Olmert & Hezbollah’s Sheik Nasrallah Claim Victory Olmert: ‘We Will Have To Examine Ourselves At All Levels’ Opposition Leader Benyamin Netanyahu: ‘It Must Be Said Honestly That There Were Many Failures’

Cease-fire Apparently Holds As IDF Source Says: ‘IDF Can Withdraw From Lebanon Within Days If Foreign Troops & Lebanese Army Take Control’ In One Incident Israeli Soldiers Opened Fire On Hezbollah Fighters After Feeling Threatened

IDF Forces Have Reached The Litani River – 24 Soldiers Killed Cabinet Minister Shimon Peres: ‘U.N. Cease-fire Resolution Is One Of Most Favorable Ever For Israel’ Israel’s War Strategy Failed Because Air Power Failed To Force Hezbollah Into Accepting Political Deal On Ending Guerrilla Attacks

Mounting Criticism Over Prime Minister Olmerts Conduct Of War Kadima MK Zachi Henegbi: ‘Israel Must Reject U.S.- French Resolution’ Likud MK Yuval Steinitz: ‘The Resolution Is Total Victory For Hezballah – If Olmert Signs He Should Resign And Call An Early Election’

Cabinet Minister Ramon: ‘IDF Will Start Push To Litani River Within Hours If Diplomatic Effort Fails At U.N.’ Fifteen IDF Soldiers Killed In Fighting Near Border Area – Bodies Of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Found Among Forty Dead Guerrillas U.S. Congressional Delegation: ‘Israel Can Count On Us’

Sharp criticism on the OC of Northern Command for his handling of the ground war

PM Ehud Olmert: ‘The IDF did not present any battle plan to go beyond current lines until yesterday morning’ FM Tzipi Livni: ‘Prime Minister Siniora should wipe his tears and start working’ MK Avshalom Vilan: ‘It is the PM’s job to oversee military conduct of the war’

Defense Minister Amir Peretz Orders IDF To Prepare To Capture Hezballah Rocketing Sites Public Outcry To Expand Campaign After Hezballah Rocketing Killed Fifteen Israelis And Wounded Many More