US-French draft authorizes up to 15,000 UN troops [View All]

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A revised U.S.-French Security Council draft resolution authorizes up to 15,000 U.N. troops to monitor a withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from southern Lebanon and help the Lebanese army enforce a truce.

The text, obtained by Reuters, was distributed to the 15 U.N. council members in hopes of a vote later on Friday.

The draft calls for a "full cessation of hostilities" and tells the Hizbollah militia to stop all attacks immediately and for Israel to end "all offensive operations."

After fighting stops, Israel is to withdraw all its forces from southern Lebanon at the earliest. Lebanon is to deploy its armed forces throughout southern Lebanon, which Hizbollah controls, as the Israeli army pulls out.

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