Hizbollah hold their fire: 3 mortar shells land in Israel on Monday

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and NO rockets.

Israel, on the other hand, broke their own cease-fire, they say, to respond to attacks.

"Rice said she had accepted Israel’s explanation for resuming airstrikes barely 12 hours after the suspension was announced . . ."


August 1, 2006

METULLA, Israel, July 31 — As Israel poured soldiers and artillery shells into southern Lebanon, it vowed Monday to press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and made a number of airstrikes after promising a 48-hour pause in its air campaign.

“The fighting continues,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said. “There is no cease-fire, and there will not be any cease-fire in the coming days.”

Israel promised Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday that it would halt air operations for two days, except to respond to “imminent threats,” like rocket-launching teams, and to support ground forces.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah held its fire, with the Israeli Army counting only three mortar shells landing in Israel on Monday and no rockets, compared with a record 156 rockets launched on Sunday and about 100 daily before. More than a million Israelis are in bomb shelters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/world/middleeast/01mideast.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print