During a prime-time televised address Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to continue the bombardment of Lebanon until Hezbollah is crippled. On Monday Hezbollah fired 50 rockets at Northern Israel. Several injuries were reported. Over the past week Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed at least 24 Israelis including twelve civilians.

• Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: “Citizens of Israel–there are moments in the life of a nation in which it is committed to look straight into reality and say–that is enough. And I tell everybody this is enough, Israel will not be taken hostage, not by terror gangs, not by a terror authority and not by a sovereign country.”

Israel says it will continue its assault until three conditions are met: the release of the two captured Israeli soldiers; the disarmament of Hezbollah; and for the Lebanese Army to take control of southern Lebanon.