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Israel-Hezbollah Tensions On The Rise Amid Airstrikes & Ground Ops

Israel has launched its much-expected ground operations in southern Lebanon, marking a significant escalation of the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah. The Israeli military said that these ops are part of Operation "Northern Arrows", which it said is aimed at targeting "Hezbollah terrorists" situated in the villages near the Israel-Lebanon border.

Mideast Tensions: Israeli shelling hit an area in southern Lebanon | Photo: AP/Leo Correa

Israeli shelling hit an area in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel.

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Mideast Tensions: Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike
Mideast Tensions: Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Mideast Tensions: Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon
Mideast Tensions: Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon | Photo: AP/Leo Correa

Israeli shelling hit an area in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel.

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Mideast Tensions: Israeli soldiers sleep on tanks near the Israel-Lebanon border
Mideast Tensions: Israeli soldiers sleep on tanks near the Israel-Lebanon border | Photo: AP/Baz Ratner

Israeli soldiers sleep on tanks in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border.

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Mideast Tensions: An Israeli tank manoeuvres in northern Israel
Mideast Tensions: An Israeli tank manoeuvres in northern Israel | Photo: AP/Baz Ratner

An Israeli tank manoeuvres in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border.

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Mideast Tensions:
Mideast Tensions: | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Damaged buildings at the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Mideast Tensions: A photographer documents damage after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut
Mideast Tensions: A photographer documents damage after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

A photographer documents damage in a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon.

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Mideast Tensions: A man documents the damaged buildings in Beiruts southern suburb
Mideast Tensions: A man documents the damaged buildings in Beirut's southern suburb | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

A man documents the damaged buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon.

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Mideast Tensions: People listen to a speech by Hezbollahs deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem in Beirut
Mideast Tensions: People listen to a speech by Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem in Beirut | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

People listen to a speech by Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem, broadcasted on Hezbollah's al-Manar television channel, at a barber shop in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Mideast Tensions: Mourners attend a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Mideast Tensions: Mourners attend a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

Mourners attend a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, shown in billboard, at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran.

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Mideast Tensions: Demonstrators hold pictures of Hassan Nasrallah during a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader
Mideast Tensions: Demonstrators hold pictures of Hassan Nasrallah during a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

Mourners attend a rally commemorating slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they hold up posters of him, at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) St. in downtown Tehran, Iran.

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Mideast Tensions: Huge portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran
Mideast Tensions: Huge portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

Vehicles drive on Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square under a huge portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Tehran, Iran. The banner reads in Farsi at right: "Hezbollah is alive," and at left an anti-Israeli poem.