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BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A Hezbollah rocket killed 11 people in northern Israel, and Israeli airstrikes left at least eight civilians in Lebanon dead Sunday, as fighting persisted amid efforts to bring an end to the war. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it has captured a Hezbollah militant involved in kidnapping two Israeli soldiers last month. The kidnapping sparked the 26 days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed nearly 800 people, mostly in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces said the detained militant confessed to his role during interrogation by the Israeli military.
Watch details on what's known about this captured militant -- 2:13) "We are confident that we will gain information and make some progress into identifying the whereabouts and the well-being of our two soldiers," IDF spokesman Capt. Deaths in northern Israel Sunday's assault on a building in Kfar Giladi was the deadliest single Hezbollah rocket attack in the conflict. Ten people were killed outright in the explosion, and another person died later of his wounds, Israeli emergency services told The Associated Press. Israeli media said most of those killed at the small kibbutz near the Lebanon border were soldiers. The hit on Kfar Giladi was part of a barrage of 30 rockets on northern Israel.
Watch the aftermath of a Hezbollah rocket barrage -- 1:35) Israeli Army Radio reporter Hadas Shteif described the scene in Kfar Giladi. "This was the most difficult thing I could have imagined in my career. There are nine bodies here covered in blankets, around us cars are going up in flames," Shteif told the AP. "On one side is the cemetery, on the other side are the nine young bodies waiting for burial." Six rockets also landed in Kiryat Shmona, critically wounding nine people, Israeli officials said. At least 10 Katyusha rockets struck open areas across Galilee in northern Israel, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, an Israeli police spokesman said. Israel pummels parts of southern Lebanon Israeli airstrikes left at least eight civilians dead in Lebanon Sunday morning. Airstrikes on the village of Ansar killed at least five civilians and wounded six others, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces said. Another airstrike killed three people in Naqoura, Arab-language networks said. They reported other targeted cities as: Al Jabal Al Rafeea, Al-Jarmak, Mahmoudiya, Majra Al Letani, El-Qlaileh, Ras el Biyada, Mansouri, Milikiya, Shaitaye, Hosh and areas in Khiyam. Also bombed were at least two camps of the Syrian-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command in southeastern Lebanon, The Associated Press quoted Lebanese officials as saying.
Watch how Israel is consolidating its positions before any truce -- 1:38) Rice: Resolution will show 'who is for peace' US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she expects the United Nations will vote on a resolution "in the next day or two" that could bring a halt to the "large-scale violence" gripping parts of Lebanon and northern Israel. The resolution would likely not lead to a complete halt to the fighting but could end the kind of "large-scale violence," such as Hezbollah's rocket attacks and Israel's major military offensives, Rice said. "We're going to see who is for peace and who isn't," she said. Rice said the resolution will lay the groundwork for Lebanon to take responsibility for southern Lebanon, rather than having Hezbollah control that region. The Security Council was expected to continue meeting on a draft resolution Sunday.
Details) Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said the draft was "not adequate," and House Speaker Nabih Berri, who's served as a diplomatic conduit for Hezbollah, rejected the draft resolution, calling it biased in favor of Israel.
Watch why peace deal no sure thing -- 2:29) The draft resolution makes no mention of a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Hezbollah says it will agree to a cease-fire only when all Israeli soldiers leave Lebanese land. Syria's foreign minister, who met with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud in Beirut Sunday, called the proposal inadequate and "a recipe for war." Walid Moallem told CNN that Syria's leadership under President Bashar al-Assad has given orders to the country's armed forces to immediately strike back if hit by Israel. Other developments Hezbollah mortars struck the UN headquarters at Henniye, Lebanon, wounding three Chinese UN peacekeepers, said UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strugar. A Hezbollah anti-tank missile killed one Israeli soldier and wounded another seriously when it struck a house in the southern Lebanese village of Aita Al-Shaab on Saturday, IDF said. A gunbattle ensued, and at least 20 soldiers sustained minor injuries, the IDF said. On Sunday, Lebanese Security Forces said the violence has killed 693 Lebanese, mostly civilians. More than 2,700 Lebanese have been wounded, Lebanese forces reported, and the Lebanese Army has reported hundreds of casualties and 27 deaths among its ranks. The Israeli death toll stands at 79 -- 33 civilians and the rest soldiers -- according to the IDF. More than 700 civilians and soldiers have been wounded, Israeli ambulance services said. CNN's Ben Wedeman, John Vause, Karl Penhaul, John King, Richard Roth and Brent Sadler contributed to this report. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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