Israel's Cabinet convened Sunday to approve a Mideast cease-fire, the Associated Press reported. The session came as some 30,000 Israeli troops fought heavy battles with Hezbollah in a last-minute push deeper into Lebanon, and a day after 24 Israeli soldiers were killed in the highest Israeli toll of the month long war. The cease-fire was to go into effect at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) Monday. After the halt of hostilities, some 15,000 Lebanese troops and an equal number of U.N. forces are to deploy in coming days in south Lebanon and create a Hezbollah-free zone, from the Israel-Lebanon border to Lebanon's Litani River.
