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Israel's military said it launched airstrikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon on Monday, which Lebanese authorities said had killed 492 people and sent tens of thousands fleeing for safety in the country's deadliest day in decades...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a short video statement addressed to the Lebanese people...
For too long Hezbollah has been using you as human shields, he said.. Netanyahu said Israel faced complicated days as it stepped up attacks in southern Lebanon and called on Israelis to stay united as the campaign unfolded...
After almost a year of war against Hamas in Gaza on its southern border, Israel is shifting its focus to the northern frontier, where Iran-backed Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of Hamas, also backed by Iran...
The Israeli Air Force struck approximately 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, including 35 children, and 1,645 wounded..
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