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Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in decades...
Israel's military said it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets overnight, a day after carrying out airstrikes against the armed group which Lebanese authorities said killed nearly 500 people and sent tens of thousands fleeing for safety...
Hezbollah said it targeted several Israeli military targets overnight including an explosives factory 60 km (37 miles) into Israel, which it attacked with Fadi rockets around 4 am..
Lebanese caretaker prime minister Najib Mikatis office said he would fly to New York, where the United Nations General Assembly is taking place, for further contacts following the escalated wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Monday.. The fighting has raised fears that the United States, Israel's close ally, and regional power Iran, which has proxies across the Middle East -- Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthis and armed groups in Iraq -- will be sucked into a wider war...
The Israeli Air Force struck about 1,600 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, it said.. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 492 people had been killed on Monday, including 35 children, and 1,645 wounded..
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