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Hezbollah fires heavy rockets at northern Israel after deadliest day of Israeli strikes on Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel, saying it used the weapons against civilian targets for the first time Thursday in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes the night before that killed nine, including what the group said were several paramedics. There were no reports of Israelis hurt in the rocket …

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Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, militant rockets kill 1 Israeli as cross-border violence soars

HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people and a barrage of rockets fired by the militant group Hezbollah killed one Israeli man, making Wednesday the deadliest day in more than five months of fighting along the border. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, concerns have grown about further escalation …

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Lebanon detains suspected French drug dealer for second time this week

Lebanese authorities Friday detained a suspected French drug dealer a few days after releasing him on bail, judicial officials said. HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHES MASSIVE ROCKET BARRAGE ON ISRAEL DAY AFTER BIDEN ENVOY ARRIVED IN LEBANON The officials said members of Lebanon’s General Security Directorate detained Abdel Karim Touil at the request of the country’s prosecutor general and he was being held …

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