Hezbollah Seeking Ceasefire?

This is odd. Isn't this guy that was promising to make the Israelis bleed?

In a televised statement Thursday night, the Shiite Muslim militia's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened to fire rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel's most populous city, if Israeli forces expand their attacks on Beirut. Nasrallah, speaking from an unknown location, also offered to halt strikes on Israel if the Jewish state ceases its attacks on Lebanese "cities, villages, civilians and infrastructure."

Israeli officials shrugged off the offer, saying Hezbollah was on the defensive and was looking for a breather to "rearm, regroup."

Maybe I'm just reading too deep into this, but it certainly sounds like he's almost crying uncle.

Then there is the UN analysis of the fighting. Just for a giggle.

U.N. officials described the fighting as raids and said Israeli forces did not appear to be holding territory. "It's pinpoint activity," one official said. "The work is very hard, because you will only get the terrorists by working from village to village and house to house," said Maj. Svika Golan, a spokesman for the army's Northern Command. He said the army's goal is to create a zone at least 10 miles from the Israeli border in which no Hezbollah fighters operate: "That's guerrilla war. If you won't finish the job in one village, you won't be able to go to the next."

I think that Golan is missing that the Israeli's don't need to hold ground. Their purpose is to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and supplies and disrupt their systems. They don't have to hold anything. Thinking that you'll be able to clear out the terrorists completely by any means is foolish. That should be the understanding of the guerrilla war tactics. Israel should be maximizing their destruction of Hezbollah assets in preparation for the UN peace keepers to come in and allow the terrorists to rebuild. (Well, that's just me being pessimistic, as usual.)