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August 22, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah Continue Cross-Border Fighting Amid Fears of a Broader Conflict
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Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange cross-border fire Wednesday,
with Israel targeting multiple areas across southern Lebanon and
Hezbollah blasting over 50 rockets and a swarm of drones in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel also killed a senior member of
Palestine's Fatah movement in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon,
claiming Khalil al-Maqdah has orchestrated attacks on Israeli forces in
the West Bank. The Fatah party accused Israel of seeking to "ignite a
regional war."
Meanwhile, President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu Wednesday, and a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham
Lincoln, arrived in the Middle East Wednesday as the U.S. bolsters
forces in the region.


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