AP:
...a senior Hizbullah official said the guerrillas did not expect Israel to react so strongly to its capture of two IDF soldiers this month.
Mahmoud Komati, the deputy chief of the Hizbullah politburo, also said that his group would not lay down arms.
His comments were the first time that a leader from the terror group has suggested it miscalculated the consequences of the July 12 cross-border raid that seized the two.
"The truth is - let me say this clearly - we didn't even expect (this) response.... that (Israel) would exploit this operation for this big war against us," said Komati.
He said Hizbullah had expected "the usual, limited response" from Israel.
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