Latest developments

* Israeli warplanes batter Lebanon, killing 31 people, and more Hizbollah rockets hit northern Israel, killing one * The fighting has killed 235 people in Lebanon and 25 Israelis * Israel's army says Hizbollah is smuggling weapons from Syria but adds...

* Israeli warplanes batter Lebanon, killing 31 people, and more Hizbollah rockets hit northern Israel, killing one

* The fighting has killed 235 people in Lebanon and 25 Israelis

* Israel's army says Hizbollah is smuggling weapons from Syria but adds it does not see Syria as a target for attack

* US presses Iran, Syria to exert influence over Hizbollah to halt rocket fire into Israel and return two captured soldiers

* Israeli army refuses to rule out a massive ground invasion of south Lebanon and deputy army chief says offensive could take few more weeks

* US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expects to go to the Middle East on Friday after visiting the United Nations to speak to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Israel's UN ambassador said yesterday.

* Israeli PM Ehud Olmert accuses Hizbollah of coordinating abduction of two Israeli soldiers last week with Iran, enabling Tehran to divert attention away from its nuclear programme.

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