There were also reports today that artillery and rocket exchanges broke out between pro-Israeli militiamen and Moslem fundamentalist guerrillas in southern Lebanon.

Some of the fundamentalist guerrillas have condemned the peace efforts, declaring that only the imposition of an Islamic government will bring peace to the country.

He joined the fundamentalist guerrillas in 2004.

The demand by the Secretary General came a few hours after reports of the shooting of four peacekeeping soldiers, who were caught in a crossfire between Israeli troops and Lebanese fundamentalist guerrillas.

A rocket fired by the Islamic fundamentalist guerrillas did hurtle into the money market recently, killing 17 people and wounding more than 100.

Though clashes erupted within the buffer zone, the Israeli military buildup in the area appeared to have halted rocket attacks across the border by the pro-Iranian fundamentalist guerrillas.

Clashes in South Lebanon Early today in southern Lebanon, Muslim fundamentalist guerrillas ambushed Israeli troops in two separate attacks.

A scant two months ago, the war between fundamentalist Islamic guerrillas and Israel in southern Lebanon was a minor smudge in an otherwise hopeful picture for the Israelis.

Fighting broke out today in southern Lebanon between Israeli forces and Lebanese Shiite Muslim fundamentalist guerrillas.

Their appeals have become especially urgent in recent weeks, as a military conflict has broken out in Kyrgyzstan between the army and fundamentalist guerrillas.