No.. Israel wishes to continue it's offensive as of today.
The US was in full support of no ceasefire last week - this week Rice is now advocating a ceasefire. That's called US foreign policy.
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Israel 'not ready for truce yet'
Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz has said that, despite a 48-hour halt to air strikes on south Lebanon, Israel cannot agree to an immediate ceasefire.
Mr Peretz told parliament that if the offensive stopped, "the extremists will rear their heads anew", allowing the threat they posed to quickly return.
Israel would expand and strengthen its attack, he said, ahead of cabinet talks on possibly broadening the offensive.
Many of those killed in the air strike on Qana were children.
Israel has halted air raids to allow an inquiry into civilian deaths in Qana.
At least 54 people, many of them children, were killed in the town on Sunday when the house where they were sheltering was hit by Israeli war planes - the deadliest Israeli raid since hostilities began on 12 July.
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