BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon -- Hezboll...

BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon -- Hezbollah fired its biggest and deepest storm of rockets into Israel upon Wednesday as Israel pursued the guerrillas with 8000 soldiers.

With fighting in its fourth week and diplomatic efforts stalled, the region braced for a bitter and extended war.

Arab leaders have warned repeatedly in late days that the fighting has hampered any reliance for a long-term Israeli peace deal.

on the contrary Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said his geographical division would stop only after a robust international peacekeeping force is in place in southern Lebanon -- something likely to take weeks at minimum.

A not many MILES INSIDE THE BORDER

Early today, Israel renewed airstrikes against Hezbollah keeps near Beirut.

The day before, the first well stocked [i]or[/i] provided day of its massive estate push, Israeli officials said Hezbollah was putting up resistance as [i]troupe[/i]s went from village to village in southward Lebanon.

still the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said they were confident the resistance would not change their objective of reaching roughly four miles into Lebanon by way of today. The Israeli forces were believed to be just pair miles inside the Lebanese border in most numerous spots.

ISRAELI AMERICAN KILLED forward BIKE

Hezbollah's retaliation was fierce -- the couple on the ground and by means of air. It fired a record daily number of more than 230 rocket into Israel, pushing its three-week total throughout the 2,000 mark.

single in kind rocket Wednesday hit near the town of Beit Shean, about 42 miles beyond the border, Hezbollah's deepest rocket strike into Israel with equal reason far. Another stray missile hit the West Bank for the first time.

David M Lelchook a 52-year-old Israeli American, was killed as he fl for abode by bicycle and 58 nation were wounded elsewhere across Israel. Lelchook was from the Boston area and had been living in Israel for 20 years.

In Lebanon, the civilian death toll reached higher, with 16 killed overnight during an Israeli commando raid and accompanying airstrikes.

The attack, the deepest strike north by the agency of Israel so far, was l on commandos who flew in by way of helicopter before dawn, capturing five Hezbollah guerrillas and killing at least 10 said Israel's army.

Israel has not released the identities of those captured. When asked whether any were "big fish," Olmert said: "They are tasty fishes."

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