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Hezbollah and backer Iran have kept out of Gaza war, but neither has kept out of the firing line

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An Israeli artillery unit fires from a position in Upper Galilee in northern Israel towards southern Lebanon, on Dec 11.

An Israeli artillery unit fires from a position in Upper Galilee in northern Israel towards southern Lebanon, on Dec 11.

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Israeli jets bombed targets in Lebanon on Dec 11 in response to attacks on Israel’s northern border communities by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah militia over the weekend, which killed one Israeli farmer and wounded nine Israeli soldiers.

The

latest wave of violence

serves as a warning that the war in Gaza, now well into its third month, could spread to Lebanon, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

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