Rice tells Israel concerned about casualties

By Staff

Published: Sunday, July 16, 2006, 16:53 [IST]

St Petersburg (Russia), Jul 16: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today said the United States is deeply concerned about mounting civilian casualties in Lebanon but that an immediate cease-fire would not solve the problem.

Rice told reporters she had told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that ''we are deeply concerned about the effect on innocent civilians and we would hope that Israel would be mindful of and restrained in its operations so that innocent civilians do not suffer''.

REUTERS

Published On July 16, 2006