(18 Aug 2006)
++SHOT FROM ISRAELI SIDE OF BORDER++
1. Various of Israeli paratroopers returning from Lebanon
2. Various of soldiers putting bags on tanks
3. Soldier waiting to march
4. More of soldiers walking
5. Various of tank advancing
6. Various of military bulldozer moving
7. Israeli military jeep on the road, pan to border fence and Lebanese village at the background
8. UN outpost with Sikh soldier from UNIFIL force with blue turban
9. Wide of houses in the village of Mis Eijbeil, inside Lebanon, seen through barbed wire
10. Wide of UN post
STORYLINE:
Israeli troops, armoured vehicles and tanks continued filing across the border on Friday, coming back from Lebanon as the Lebanese army arrived in the south of the country for the first time in almost 40 years.
UNIFIL (United Nations interim Force in Lebanon), which currently has 2-thousand peacekeepers, is due to take control of the posts abandoned by the Israeli soldiers and transfer control of the positions to the Lebanese army.
Four days into a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, there was still no firm date for a deployment of an enhanced international force that is supposed to expand to 15,000 troops and join an equal number of Lebanese soldiers.
The United Nations got pledges on Thursday of 3,500 troops for the force, with Bangladesh making the largest offer of up to 2,000 troops.
But France, who is expected to lead the force, offered just 400, and Germany said it wouldn't send any.
Even though the Israeli withdrawal and handover to UN forces has gone well thus far, some potential contributors are believed to be concerned about avoiding confrontation with Hezbollah, or being caught in the middle of a future conflict.

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