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Images of an Israeli tank and Iron Dome battery near the border with Lebanon, after a barrage of rockets was fired from Lebanon at Israel on the Jewish Passover holiday, in the largest escalation along the frontier since Israel and Hezbollah fought a 34-day war in 2006. IMAGES
Israeli military post in the disputed Shebaa Farms with Lebanon seen from southern Lebanon. Lebanon's powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said it had fired "large numbers of artillery shells and guided missiles" at Israeli positions in a contested border areas "in solidarity" with Hamas. IMAGES
Israel’s Iron Dome intercepts incoming missile at the border with Lebanon as regional tensions skyrocket over the war. Lebanese Hamas ally Hezbollah, which has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli troops throughout the Gaza war, has vowed retaliation for military chief Fuad Shukr's killing. IMAGES
Smoke billows as Israeli forces and Hezbollah trade cross-border fire. Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza. IMAGES
Images show Israeli air defences intercepting rockets fired by Hezbollah along the Lebanese border. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in calls Monday urged all sides in the Middle East to avoid "escalation," his spokesman says, as fears grew of an imminent Iranian counterattack on Israel. "It's important that all parties take steps over the coming days to refrain from escalation and calm tensions," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, describing Blinken's telephone calls in the region. SOUNDBITE
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