THE UNITED NATIONS ENVOY TEAM SENT TO NEGOTIATE A TRUCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH CALLED SUNDAY FOR AN END TO HOSTILITIES, THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY HEZBOLLAH, DPA REPORTED. VIJAY NAMBIAR, SPECIAL POLITICAL ADVISER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN, CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE FOLLOWING TALKS WITH LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER FOUAD SENIORA. NAMBIAR CALLED FOR THE "RELEASE OF THE CAPTURED AS PART OF A SOLUTION TO THIS CONFLICT," IN REFERENCE TO HEZBOLLAH'S CAPTURE OF TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS, WHICH TRIGGERED ISRAEL TO LAUNCH A MASSIVE ONSLAUGHT ON THE COUNTRY. NAMBIAR CALLED "FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED." DOZENS OF CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN LEBANON BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES, WHICH HAVE TARGETED BRIDGES, PORTS, HIGHWAYS, POWER STATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BEIRUT. THE UN MISSION, WHICH ARRIVED EARLIER SUNDAY IN BEIRUT, ALSO INCLUDES UN MIDDLE EAST ENVOY TERJE-ROED LARSEN.
