Olmert: Israel won't reoccupy south Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a parliament committee today that Israel will not reoccupy any part of south Lebanon, participants said.

Yesterday, Defence Minister Amir Peretz said the army may set up a security zone in south Lebanon, an area Israeli occupied for 18 years. Peretz suggested in his comments that soldiers wouldn’t patrol the area, but that Israel would try to keep out militants from a distance, with artillery fire and air strikes.