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Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on October 12, 2024. [AFP]

Hezbollah said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base on Saturday, as Israeli troops battled militants in Lebanon and Gaza on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Cities around Israel were quiet with markets closed, flights stopped and public transport halted as observant Jews fasted and prayed on the Day of Atonement.

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