Village Death Toll Revised
Sky
Updated: 16:25, Monday August 07, 2006
The Lebanese Prime Minister has said that one person died in an Israeli air strike on a village, not 40 as he had previously claimed.
Local residents have said that 50 people have been found alive under rubble in the southern border village of Houla.
Fouad Siniora said: "The massacre in Houla, it turned out that there was one person killed. They thought that the whole building smashed on the heads of about 40 people."
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Arab League foreign ministers are meeting to try and resolve the crisis while the UN continues to debate how to end the bloodshed.
A UN resolution for a ceasefire envisions a second resolution in a week or two that would authorise an international military force and the creation of a buffer zone in south Lebanon.
It also says two Israeli soldiers held by Hizbollah should be released unconditionally.
The soldiers' capture on July 12 triggered the war and the massive Israeli retaliation.
But Hizbollah has said it will not cease fire until all Israeli soldiers have left Lebanon.
