Israel and Hezbollah Trade Strikes Amid Escalating Middle East Conflict

  • 3 months ago
Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have traded fresh cross-border strikes, amid rising fears of wider regional conflict in the Middle East.
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00:00Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have started to exchange cross-border fire
00:04as fears of wider regional conflict in the Middle East ramp up.
00:08Two Hezbollah missiles struck the northern Israeli town of Metula on Saturday.
00:13The strike sparked fires but no injuries were reported.
00:16The Israeli military says it fired back at Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
00:20It comes after Israel revealed it approved plans for an offensive in Lebanon, prompting
00:25U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to warn against letting the clashes turn into
00:30another Gaza.
00:31Israel and Hezbollah have been trading near-daily strikes for more than eight months since the
00:35outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7.

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