Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accepted on late Friday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah and will urge the government to approve it.

Olmert will urge the cabinet to approve during Sunday's meeting the resolution proposed by the U.S. and France to the UN Security Council aimed to end the one-month-old fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a report carried by local newspaper Ha' aretz on its website.

Officials in Olmert's office said that the Israeli prime minister was "satisfied" with the revised resolution.

But Israeli official sources said that Israeli military operations in Lebanon would continue for the time being.

The UN Security Council is expected to vote on the draft resolution soon.

Meanwhile, Ha'aretz reported that Olmert spoke with U.S. President George W. Bush after giving a nod to the UN Security Council resolution.

Olmert thanked Bush for his concern for Israeli interests, said the report.

The draft resolution calls for an immediate, full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and the deployment of Lebanese troops and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon in south Lebanon.

Olmert's acceptance of the draft resolution came shortly after he ordered the Israeli army to widen ground operations in south Lebanon.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on July 12 when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight during cross-border raids.

Source: Xinhua