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BEIRUT — Israel and Hezbollah traded fresh cross-border fire, as fears of a regional conflict grew after Israel revealed it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive and the Iran-backed militants vowed to blanket their foe in rockets.
Hezbollah and Israeli forces have exchanged near-daily fire since Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel triggered the Gaza war, and the bellicose talk has escalated along with the strikes. On Thursday, Cyprus government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis dismissed as “totally groundless” any suggestion of possible involvement in a conflict related to Lebanon.
On Tuesday, Israel’s military announced that “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved and validated.” Israeli authorities say at least 15 soldiers and 11 civilians have been killed in the country’s north. In southern Gaza, a United Nations mission found hundreds of thousands of displaced people “suffer from poor access to shelter, health, food, water and sanitation”, a UN report said late Wednesday.US President Joe Biden has called for the implementation of a ceasefire plan he outlined last month.
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