The leader of the radical Lebanon-based Shiite movement Hezbollah has said it can strike anywhere in Israel at any time.

Iran is using the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah as a "proxy" to arm Shiite militants in Iraq and Tehran's elite Quds force helped militants carry out a January attack in Karbala in which five Americans died, a U.S. general said Monday.

Tens of thousands of Israelis hit the streets at a massive rally asking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Amir Peretz of Israel to resign in the wake of a damning report by a committee investigating last year's war with Hezbollah.

The leader of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah says Lebanese leaders have failed to resolve the country's political crisis through dialogue. Speaking Sunday Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah called for a public referendum or early parliamentary elections as a way for the country to move forward.