The government-appointed Winograd commission is examining how Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, his cabinet and the military handled the inconclusive war that Israel fought against Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas last year.

"If it were up to me, I would not have entered into this war," Peres said in testimony last year to the commission. Excerpts of his testimony were released by the panel on Thursday.

Lebanon war formally named
Israel formally named last year's Lebanon war. The Israeli government's Ceremonies and Protocol Committee this week chose to call last summer's conflict with Hezbollah the "Second Lebanon War;" the first was in 1982. The new name is up for Cabinet ratification Sunday.

The decision came following pressure by Israelis bereaved during the 34 days of fighting, who feared the government might try to play down the war's failings by choosing a less formal designation for it.

Sources: Reuters, Ya Libnan