From LA Times
By Laura King and Rone Tempest

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared Monday that Israel had no intention of ending its battle against Hezbollah any time soon, despite a lull in fighting that allowed some humanitarian supplies to reach civilians in war-battered Lebanon.

Israeli officials described a 48-hour hiatus in major airstrikes as a “humanitarian gesture,” rather than any prelude to a cease-fire, which U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s had asserted could be reached this week.

Under intense U.S. pressure, Israel agreed late Sunday to halt temporarily its air war in order to allow civilians to reach safety and humanitarian supplies to move freely.

On Monday, airstrikes diminished considerably. Israel, which had been flying scores of bombing sorties daily, launched four air attacks and fired artillery barrages at border towns, in support of ground operations. Hezbollah, which fired more than 150 rockets at Israel on Sunday, had sent none across the border by nightfall. Hezbollah claimed it hit an Israeli warship offshore, but the Israeli military denied the report.

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