CRISIS BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AUG 1, SPA -- THE EUROPEAN UNION’S PRESIDENCY WARNED ON TUESDAY THAT ISRAEL’S OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WOULD ONLY INCREASE SUPPORT FOR HEZBOLLAH, AS THE BLOC’S FOREIGN MINISTERS WORKED TOWARD A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASE-FIRE. FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER ERKKI TUOMIOJA, WHOSE COUNTRY HOLDS THE EU PRESIDENCY, SAID THE OFFENSIVE WAS «UNLIKELY TO BRING MILITARY SUCCESS.» THE CONFLICT WAS INSTEAD «CERTAIN TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR HEZBOLLAH IN THE REGION.» HE MADE HIS COMMENTS TO PARTY LEADERS AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BEFORE THE FOREIGN MINISTERS’ TALKS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. --SPA 1330 Local Time 1030 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/379611