Hezbollah, Israel clash in major escalation along border, risking regional spillover

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Empty tables of a restaurant are pictured along the seaside of Israeli northern city of Acre on Aug. 25, 2024. Israeli and Hezbollah forces engaged in extensive exchanges of fire early Sunday morning along the Israel-Lebanon border, marking a significant escalation in their longstanding conflict. Hezbollah announced it had launched hundreds of missiles into Israel in retaliation for the killing of its commander, Fouad Shokor, in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month. In response, Israel reported conducting numerous preemptive airstrikes targeting Hezbollah's rocket launchers in southern Lebanon. After Hezbollah's rocket and drone attacks, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared a 48-hour nationwide emergency. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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