UN deaths put pressure on Rome talks for ceasefire
By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel's killing of four U.N. observers piled pressure on an international conference in Rome on Wednesday to end a 15-day-old Middle East conflict, as Hizbollah vowed not to accept any "humiliating" truce terms.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded an Israeli investigation into the "apparently deliberate targeting" of a U.N. post in southern Lebanon where an Israeli air strike killed the four U.N. military observers on Tuesday.
Israel said it would investigate the incident and expressed regret at the deaths, but said it was shocked Annan had suggested the observers may have been deliberately targeted.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel's killing of four U.N. observers piled pressure on an international conference in Rome on Wednesday to end a 15-day-old Middle East conflict, as Hizbollah vowed not to accept any "humiliating" truce terms.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded an Israeli investigation into the "apparently deliberate targeting" of a U.N. post in southern Lebanon where an Israeli air strike killed the four U.N. military observers on Tuesday.
Israel said it would investigate the incident and expressed regret at the deaths, but said it was shocked Annan had suggested the observers may have been deliberately targeted.
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© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
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