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HAMAS HAS HEZBOLIZED GAZA STRIP

JERUSALEM - Hamas and its arms smugglers are turning the Gaza Strip into another southern Lebanon, Israel's secret service chief said yesterday. "They are building bunkers . . . deploying...

KOFI PRESSES HEZ - URGES RELEASE OF ABDUCTED SOLDIERS

JERUSALEM - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded yesterday that Hezbollah free two Israeli soldiers whose kidnapping sparked the Lebanon war. Annan, on a visit to Beirut, indicated the United Nations...

EURO FORCE GETS SOME BACKBONE

JERUSALEM - Europe pledged nearly 7,000 troops to keep peace in Lebanon, ensuring that the 15,000-member force called for by the U.N. will become a reality, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said...

EUROPE ADDS SOME MUSCLE IN LEB FORCE

JERUSALEM - Europe pledged nearly 7,000 troops to keep peace in Lebanon, ensuring that the 15,000-member force called for by the U.N. will become a reality, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said...

ISRAELI STRIKE WOUNDS WEST BANK BOMB PLOTTER

JERUSALEM - Undercover Israeli soldiers yesterday critically wounded a top Palestinian terrorist - wanted for organizing several suicide bombings - in the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank, authorities...

ISRAELIS BLOW AWAY 3 HEZ MEN: REPORT

JERUSALEM - Israeli paratroopers killed three Hezbollah guerrillas yesterday in one of the worst incidents in Lebanon since a truce began eight days ago, Arab media reported. The shooting occurred...

ISRAEL'S BOLD ATTACK; COMMANDOS CHOKE ARMS FLOW TO LEB

JERUSALEM - Israeli commandos staged a dramatic surprise raid deep inside Lebanon early yesterday targeting what officials say is a continuing weapons flow from Syria and Iran to Hezbollah terrorists....

CEASE-FIRE BREACH; ISRAELIS ATTACK HEZBOLLAH SUPPLY LINE

JERUSALEM - Israeli commandos staged a dramatic surprise raid deep inside Lebanon early yesterday, a violation of the cease-fire agreement that could threaten to plunge the region back into war....

WEASELS UNDERCUT LEB PEACE FORCE

JERUSALEM - The fate of the U.N. force intended to bring peace to Lebanon was in doubt after France touched off an uproar by saying it would send only 200...

TOP GEN. ADMITS TO SUSPICIOUS STOCK SALE

JERUSALEM - Israel's armed-forces chief admitted yesterday that he sold his entire stock portfolio three hours after the border attack that launched the Lebanese war. But Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz...

ISRAEL AGREES TO CEASE-FIRE - FIERCE FIGHTING TO DEADLINE

Israel's Cabinet yesterday approved a U.N.-brokered cease-fire - even as Hezbollah and Israeli forces continued to slug it out as today's early-morning deadline neared. Israeli air raids killed at least...

ISRAEL AND HEZ IN CEASE-FIRE - FIERCE FIGHTING TO DEADLINE

The U.N.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas went into effect early today. There were no immediate reports of violence when the agreed cease-fire began at 1 a.m. (EDT) today....

ISRAELI FORCES IN A RACE AGAINST TIME; FINAL PUSH BEFORE CEASE-FIRE

JERUSALEM - Israel said it would halt its war in southern Lebanon tomorrow morning in line with the United Nations' cease-fire resolution, as its troops stormed into the region yesterday...

PARTING SHOTS; ISRAEL ACCEPTS U.N. CEASE-FIRE PLAN - BUT PRESSES ON WITH LEB STRIKES

Israel embraced a U.N. cease-fire resolution last night, but decided to continue a punishing offensive against Hezbollah until it formally approves an end to the war this weekend. The sweeping...

PARTING SHOTS; ISRAEL AND LEBANON ACCEPT U.N. CEASE-FIRE - BUT STRIKES CONTINUE

Israel embraced a U.N. cease-fire resolution approved last night - but decided to continue a punishing offensive against Hezbollah until it formally approves an end to the war this weekend....

'HEZ' PRISONERS EYED AS IRANIANS

JERUSALEM - Israeli officials are trying to establish the identity of a number of Hezbollah prisoners nabbed in Lebanon that they suspect are Iranian, The Post has learned. The prisoners...

'HEZ-RANIANS' - ISRAELIS SUSPECT CAPTIVES

JERUSALEM - Israeli officials are trying to establish the identities of several Hezbollah prisoners nabbed in Lebanon who they suspect are Iranian, The Post has learned. The prisoners are among...

IRAN CAUGHT DEAD-HANDED - BODIES OF TEHRAN'S TERRORISTS IN LEB

JERUSALEM - The bodies of members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were found among Hezbollah fighters killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon - conclusive proof that Tehran is behind the...

NEW BORDER HOPE - ISRAEL AND U.S. PRAISE LEBANESE PLAN TO DEPLOY 15,000 TROOPS IN BUFFER ZONE

JERUSALEM - Israel and the United States yesterday reacted favorably to a Lebanese plan to deploy 15,000 troops in the south of the country when Israeli forces withdraw. Israeli Prime...

FRANCE: OUT NOW - DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM LEB IN U.N. BREAK WITH U.S. STANCE

France's U.N. delegation broke ranks with the United States and joined Arab nations in calling for Israel's immediate withdrawal from Lebanon, it was reported yesterday. The United States and France...