Special report: Israel-Lebanon conflicts [Gallery] [Videos]

    JERUSALEM, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops have destroyed an unspecified number of weapon depots belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah during the past 24 hours, Israel's newspaper Ha'aretz reported Friday on its website edition.

    During the Israeli operation around the southern Lebanese village of Ayt a-Shab near the Israeli border, the troops found rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortar shells, light arms and communications equipment in the depot, the report said.

    On Thursday, the army transferred the control over a section near the Israeli-Lebanese border to the Lebanese army and the UN troops, an army spokeswoman said.

    Israel has said it will withdraw all the troops from Lebanon only if the UN peacekeeping troops take over the area.

    The 34-day-long fighting between Israel and Hezbollah ended on Aug. 14 under the UN Security Council resolution 1701 which calls for Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon and authorizes an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15,000 troops to help Lebanese troops take control of southern Lebanon. Enditem