Lebanese army troops move into south

DUBAI: Lebanese troops have begun crossing the Litani river in southern Lebanon to help enforce a U.N. sanctioned ceasefire plan that came into force to end of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizbollah.

Lebanese authorities, however, made it clear that their troops would neither disarm nor fight Hizbollah. "There will be no confrontation between the army and brothers in Hizbollah.... That is not the army's mission," said Information Minister Ghazi Aridi after the two-hour Cabinet meeting.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora praised Hizbollah for successfully countering the Israeli military assault. In a nationally televised address, Mr. Siniora said the resistance had showed that Israel's military was "no longer a force that cannot be resisted, an army that cannot be defeated."