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Israel and Hezbollah attacked each other again Tuesday the day after massive Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon left over 500 people dead, fueling fears that a wider full-scale war could be about to erupt.
Six people were killed in a new Israeli airstrike targeting a Hezbollah commander in Beirut Tuesday, security sources told Reuters, while the Iran-backed group said it had unleashed barrages of rockets at a military base and a city in northern Israel.
The cross-border bloodshed has dramatically escalated concerns that the U.S., Israel’s ally, and Iran could be drawn into a larger regional conflict after almost a year of Israel’s war against Hamas—another group supported by Tehran—in Gaza.
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