For nearly a year, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon have traded cross-border fire with Israeli forces in stated support of Palestinian ally Hamas.
Smoke billows at the site of an Israel i airstrike on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar on Sep 21, 2024. , raising fears of all-out war a day after an Israel i strike on Beirut left senior Hezbollah commanders among the 37 people Lebanese officials reported killed.
AFPTV footage showed mourners gathering in the Lebanese capital for funerals of three of the slain Hezbollah members. The US State Department meanwhile urged Americans in Lebanon to leave the country while commercial options remain available. Months of near-daily exchanges have killed hundreds in Lebanon, mostly fighters, and dozens in Israel and the annexed Golan, forcing tens of thousands on both sides to flee their homes.
Netanyahu's critics in Israel have accused the prime minister of dragging out the war. Thousands again gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night demanding a deal to free captives still held by Hamas.
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