Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah mis-calculated the Israeli response to the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah which started a war beyond his belief.

He said in a TV interview on Sunday that if he had known it would lead to a war, he would never have ordered the capture of the two Israeli soldiers.

"We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not," he said.

Nasrallah, who went into hiding on the first day of the war, also said he did not believe a second bout of fighting would break out with Israel, even though he said more than half his group's rocket arsenal was left intact.

"The current Israeli situation, and the available information tells us that we are not heading to another round," he said.

Although Nasrallah claimed victory over Israel as the cease fire took hold, he did apologized in the interview for the suffering of the Lebanese people, caused by the war.