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Returning displaced Lebanese women inspect their family's damaged house in south Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

BEIRUT, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Tuesday condemned Israel for its continued sea and air blockage on Lebanon after the UN resolution for truce took effect.

    Speaking with visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, Lahoud said Israel's deeds bluntly breached the UN Security Council's resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerillas.

    Lahoud said Israeli forces continued to pose threats to those who want to return to south Lebanon and the reconnaissance planes hovering in the Lebanese airspace made Israel's sincerity to abide by the UN resolution doubtable.

    The president added that investigators were collecting evidenceon Israel's use of internationally banned bombs during its 34 days of bombardment on Lebanon.

    The Brazilian minister was on a visit to Lebanon to deliver medicine to the country where over 1,100 people have been killed in Israeli strikes and many more wounded. Most of the victims were civilians.

    The conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah broke out on July 12 following the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah guerillas in cross-border attacks. Enditem