A peaceful dawn?
Updated on 13 August 2006
It will apparently be the last day of fighting but with 27 Lebanese and seven Israeli soliders killed today, it looks far from peaceful in the Middle East.
Both sides traded strikes as the Israeli Cabinet agreed to the truce.
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The Israeli cabinet has agreed a truce. With hours to go, it seems to have two military aims: inflict maximum damage on Hizbollah and go deeper into Southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army will stay there until international troops arrive - which is at least a week away, according to the United Nations.
Israel now has 30,000 troops in Lebanon - up to the Litani river in the north and the town of Ghandouriyeh in the east. Fifty towns in this area have been hit today.
Tyre has been heavily bombed, as has southern Beirut. 250 rockets were fired into Northern Israel and in Haifa, one person was killed.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Government has also approved the truce - but tonight a cabinet meeting has been postponed after disagreements over disarming Hizbollah.
The country has been hit by more than 100 airstrikes in the last 48 hours.
