JERUSALEM: The government-appointed Winograd Commission on Wednesday issued a critical report about Israel's conduct of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. Here are the main Israeli figures in the conflict.

_ Ehud Olmert: Elected Israel's prime minister only months before the war, Olmert was badly tarnished by public anger over his perceived inexperience and hasty decision-making during the fighting. A capable politician, he has succeeded in hanging onto power despite the criticism and dismal approval ratings.

_ Amir Peretz: A former union leader with no defense experience who became Israel's defense minister thanks to a political pact with Olmert, Peretz immediately came under fire for bungling the Lebanon campaign. He refused to resign after the war and stepped down only when he was forced out in an internal party election in May, 2007. Sidelined and reduced to the status of a party backbencher, Peretz has been little heard from since.

_ Dan Halutz: A former fighter pilot who became the first air force officer ever to head the Israeli military as chief of staff, he was criticized for depending on air power and neglecting ground forces before and during the conflict. Halutz resisted calls for his resignation until January, 2007, when he stepped down. He has since gone into private business and maintains a low public profile.

_ Hassan Nasrallah: Hezbollah's charismatic leader, the black-turbaned Nasrallah is adored by some Lebanese ? especially in the downtrodden Shiite minority he represents ? for taking on Israel, and hated by others for dragging the fragile country into a devastating war. Nasrallah remains popular as a symbol of resistance against Israel, but has rarely appeared in public since the war for fear of an Israeli assassination and hasn't been able to deliver a deal freeing Arab prisoners in return for his two Israeli captives.

_ Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser: Israel believes the two reserve soldiers, whose capture by Hezbollah sparked the conflict, were badly wounded in the July 12 attack. Hezbollah has not allowed Red Cross representatives to see them and has offered no sign the two are still alive. Israel is thought to be holding at least seven Lebanon prisoners, and Hezbollah wants them released, along with other Arab prisoners, in return for Regev and Goldwasser. Secret talks on a prisoner swap have yielded no results so far. -AP