Israel Consolidates Military Position In Southern Lebanon

LEBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 17: An Israeli soldier stretches as he prepares to disembark from an armored personnel carrier on his return from an early morning patrol in southern Lebanon, at a forward base August 17, 2006 on Israel's border with Lebanon. Israel is consolidating its positions in southern Lebanon, bringing its troops closer to its border, as Lebanese troops, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, began to deploy south of the Litani River in line with a United Nations cease-fire plan to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)