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Israel strikes Lebanon, says thwarted large-scale Hezbollah attack

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Hezbollah UAVs being intercepted by the Israeli air force over northern Israel on August 25, 2024. [AFP]

Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon on Sunday, saying it destroyed "thousands" of Hezbollah rocket launchers and thwarted a major attack, while the Lebanese group insisted it had been able to deliver a drone and rocket barrage of its own.

The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war which began with a Hamas attack launched from Gaza and has triggered both new violence on the Lebanon-Israel border and fears of a broader conflagration in the Middle East.

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