Israel launched its offensive last week following the capture of two of its soldiers by Lebanese guerrillas.
I see the BBC is still having a problem with the 'T' word, for the benefit of the BBC I will translate,
'Israel launched its offensive last week following kidnap of two of its soldiers by Hezbollah terrorists and numerous cross border attacks from Lebanon- Israel has invoked the legitimate right of self defence under Art. 51 of the UN Charter'