Israel, Hezbollah exchange strikes as militant group vows retaliation

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Israel and Hezbollah exchanged strikes along the border on Thursday as the militant groups leader Hassan Nasrallah said the mass bombing attack against it using its communications devices was a severe blow and said Israel had crossed a red line...

But he said the group would continue its daily strikes into northern Israel, vowing Israelis would not be able to return to their homes there until the Gaza war ends...

As Hassan Nasrallah spoke in a televised speech from an unknown location, Hezbollah and the Israeli military traded new strikes over the border and at least two Israeli soldiers were killed...

Fears are rising that 11 months of exchanges of fire between the two sides will escalate into all-out war, particularly after this weeks unprecedented bombings widely blamed on Israel in which hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah were remotely detonated in Beirut, parts of Lebanon and the Syrian capital Damascus...

The attack came as Israeli leaders have warned that they could launch a stepped-up military operation against Hezbollah, saying they are determined to stop the groups fire to allow tens of thousands of Israelis to return to homes near the border...

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