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Israel, Lebanon bracing for military escalation after Hezbollah attack kills 12 children

Gallant vows Hezbollah “will bear a heavy price” as U.S. tries to prevent a regional war; Israel may respond with attack on Hezbollah infrastructure and attempt to create buffer zone – experts

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Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese border village of Chihine on July 28, 2024.

The Middle East was bracing itself for a wider war on Monday morning, as Israel considered its response to a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed a dozen children who had been playing on a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams....

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