BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Hezbollah Cabinet minister said today that the guerrilla group will not release two captured Israeli soldiers unconditionally, and that they would only be freed in a prisoner exchange.

"There will be no unconditional release. This is not possible," Minister of Energy and Hydraulic Resources Mohammed Fneish said in Beirut. "There should be an exchange through indirect negotiations. This is the principle to which Hezbollah and the resistance are adhering."

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said today that his government would pay $33,000 per house to compensate residents whose homes were destroyed by Israeli attacks.Saniora said 130,000 housing units had been destroyed or damaged in more than a month of Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas, mostly in south Lebanon.Also today, the European Commission said it will pledge $54 million at Thursday's conference in Sweden to raise money to rebuild Lebanon. The money will be in addition to the $64 million that the European Union's head office has already earmarked for emergency relief to the country.While Hezbollah launched rebuilding campaigns in its strongholds within days of the Aug. 14 cease-fire, the Lebanese government was criticized for a slow response.