MIDEAST: Israel air strikes kill 14 villagers
published: Wednesday | August 9, 2006

Lebanese mourners scream slogans as they carry the bodies of relatives for burial in Ghaziyeh, south Lebanon, yesterday. - Reuters

BEIRUT (Reuters):

Israeli air strikes killed 14 villagers in south Lebanon as Beirut pleaded for a swift end to Israel's war with Hizbollah guerrillas that has cost around 1,000 Lebanese and 101 Israeli lives in four weeks.

Diplomats at the United Nations in New York said a vote on a resolution to end the war might not take place before Thursday, as fighting in south Lebanon raged on. The vote has been delayed because Lebanon demanded the resolution include a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south.