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News 24 hours on Israel’s northern front as clashes with Hezbollah intensify
Meet the holdouts who’ve refused to leave a border city under constant fire
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Fast Forward Missile strike from Lebanon into Israel kills 1 foreign worker and injures 7 as fears of wider war escalate
After Israeli citizens, Thai workers were the most affected by Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel
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Fast Forward Israel strikes in Lebanon after deadly rocket attack on Tzfat, ratcheting up tensions in north
The mayor of Tzfat rejected an evacuation of his city but called for the Israeli government to do more to protect it
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli civilians and 3 Lebanese attackers killed in escalating fighting on Israel’s northern border
The deaths of Mira Ayalon, 76, and her son Barak, 45, in Sunday’s Hezbollah strike bring the total number of Israelis killed in the northern cross-border clashes to 15, nine of them soldiers, since October 7
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Fast Forward Hezbollah leader promises retaliation against Israel for killing of Hamas chief in Beirut
A senior U.S. official said Saleh El Arouri was “held accountable”
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Fast Forward Top Hamas official assassinated in Beirut, reportedly by Israel
Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy chair of Hamas’ political bureau, was released from Israeli prison in 2010 and took up a role leading the group from abroad
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Fast Forward Leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community dies at 80
Isaac Arazi oversaw the restoration of Beirut’s Magen Avraham synagogue.
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News As it fights in Gaza, Israel is girding itself for another potential war in Lebanon
Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, the threat of Hezbollah joining the fight has been top of mind for leaders in Israel and across the region
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