Israel treads cautiously as fire exchanged on border with Lebanon - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images — Israeli self-propelled howitzers fire toward Lebanon from a position near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona following rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border, on Aug. 6, 2021. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

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