Hezbollah threatens more rocket attacks

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened more rocket attacks on cities in central Israel tonight and dismissed a new diplomatic effort by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying the United States wants the fighting to continue.

Speaking on Hezbollah television, Nasrallah said Israel has not made a “single military accomplishment” in the fighting. He claimed Israel suffered a “serious defeat” in ground fighting around a Lebanese border town from which troops pulled back today after a week of heavy battles.