Lebanese relief as Hezbollah and Israel seem to step back from brink
Beachgoers in Tyre saw smoke rising from the Lebanon-Israel border during Sunday's strikes/ For almost a month, many here in Lebanon have been on tenterhooks, waiting for Hezbollah to retaliate against Israel. The region was waiting also, wondering if this would be the spark for a wider war. Everyone knew the powerful Iranian-backed group would seek revenge for Israel’s assassination on 30 July of a top military commander, Fuad Shukr. The Israelis managed to hunt him down deep in Hezbollah’s heartland of South Beirut. That was both a ...
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