Israeli Ministers call for Nasrallah's Head

Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah appeared in public for the first time since September 2006 on Saturday, warning Israel against attacking Lebanon and claiming that Hizbullah has a near-complete body of an IDF soldier killed during the Second Lebanon War.

"Your army left behind the remains of soldiers in our villages and fields," he said, addressing the Israeli people, during a speech to the crowds in south Beirut. "We have in our possession arms and legs of Israeli soldiers and we also have a near-complete body. They [Israeli army] were so weak on the field that they left behind remains not of one, two or three, but a large number of [their] soldiers."

The black-turbaned Nasrallah, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people, was speaking after taking part in commemorations marking Ashoura - the most important holiday for Shi'ites - which honors the death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson.

Several ministers called for the assassination of Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, one day after the guerilla leader claimed to possess the body parts of IDF soldiers who fought during the Second Lebanon War.

Tens of thousands of people take part in the Ashoura holiday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday. Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appeared there in public for the first time in a year.

"We shouldn't be afraid of Nasrallah, we should eliminate him," Internal Affairs Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) said. Before the meeting, newly appointed Minister of Religious Affairs Yitzhak Cohen said Nasrallah was a lunatic that must be eliminated. Housing Minister Ze'ev Boim (Kadima) referred to Nasrallah as a "sewer rat" and said that he should never see the light of day.