From The Telegraph UK
By Joshua Mitnick

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, defied calls for his resignation last night after a government report accused him of committing a series of errors in his handling of the war in Lebanon last summer.

The report accuses Ehud Olmert [centre] of displaying a “lack of judgment, responsibility and caution”

The Israeli premier was left clinging on to power after being accused of “severe failure” in his prosecution of the conflict with Hizbollah. During the conflict, which saw intense bombing of the Shia group’s infrastructure in Lebanon, thousands of missiles rained down on northern and central Israel as Hizbollah responded.

The long-awaited official investigation into the conflict - which broke out after Hizbollah guerrillas killed three soldiers and captured two others in a cross-border raid - dealt a harsh blow that further weakened the embattled prime minister.

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