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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Hezbollah mobilizes as northern Israel fears fight
Hezbollah has reportedly mobilized its fighters on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel following an airstrike that has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Syria, a Lebanese security source told the Turkish state news agency.
The Lebanese Shi’ite militia’s raised alert comes amid growing concerns in northern Israel of an escalation of hostilities. Authorities have yet to give the order to open bomb shelters, however.
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