Most Israeli Jews favour Lebanon war probe

Between 67 and 69 percent of people polled said they supported a commission of inquiry, according to surveys carried respectively by the country's top dailies, Maariv and Yediot Aharonot.

According to the poll in Yediot Aharonot, only 40 percent of Israeli Jews are satisfied with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's handling of the war, compared to 77 percent just after the offensive was launched last month.

Both opinion polls were conducted on a sample of Israel's Jewish population and have a margin of error of 4.5 percent.

Olmert and the defence establishment have been accused of badly planning the land, sea and air offensive launched in Lebanon following a July 12 border attack in which the Hezbollah militia killed eight soldiers and captured two.