Jerusalem: Israel said on Tuesday that its army will resume full airstrikes against Hezbollah early Wednesday, the Army Radio reported.
Trade Minister Eli Yishai told the radio that "the air force will continue to operate with all its power and all of its forces" at the end of a 48-hour partial suspension of aerial activity.
Yishai, a member of Israel's security cabinet, referred to an Israeli agreement reached with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice early on Monday after its raid in southern Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday killed some 54 Lebanese, most of them children, and sparked world outrage.
Meanwhile, Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon also told Channel 10 television on Tuesday that the Israeli air force planned to resume full operations an hour before the Israeli temporary truce expires.
Ramon also noted that Hezbollah was at "breaking point" after the Israeli offensives against it, insisting that an expanded ground offensive in southern Lebanon would bring victory.
Early on Tuesday, the Israeli security cabinet gave a go-ahead to the expansion of ground operations in southern Lebanon.
Violence between Israel and Hezbollah erupted July 12 following the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by the Shia group in a cross-border attack.
More than 600 Lebanese and some 51 Israelis have been killed during the 21-day-long conflict between the two sides.
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