From NICK PARKER
in Beirut
He ordered the flags to be placed on MPs desks as a show of support for the guerillas. Diplomats handling the Middle East crisis branded the stunt unhelpful.
Highly-placed sources revealed there had been a torrent of contacts between nations desperate for peace.
It is believed that Hezbollah chiefs have privately agreed to a plan to halt hostilities.
A top-level source said: I would put my money on a ceasefire in days not weeks.
Hezbollah fired three new 60-mile range Khaibar-1 rockets holding 100kg of explosives at the Israeli town of Afula.
Israeli jets killed up to 12 people in southern Lebanon, and a BBC crew was unhurt as Israeli artillery hit a convoy.
