Israel to delay wider ground offensive

The Israeli military will hold off a wider ground offensive in south Lebanon by three days to allow for the UN Security Council to continue its debate for a ceasefire resolution, according to one of the ministers attending a meeting this afternoon.

Israel’s security cabinet approved a wider ground offensive in south Lebanon that was expected to take 30 days as part of a new push to badly damage Hezbollah, said Israeli cabinet minister Eli Yishai earlier today.