Lebanon, not Gaza, could trigger regional war as Israel-Hezbollah tension soars - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Ben Caspit

Mar 8, 2024

A picture taken from northern Israel, along the border with southern Lebanon on March 4, 2024, shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese village of Markaba. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images — Smoke billows above northern Israel, along the border with Lebanon, following an Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese village of Markaba, March 4, 2024. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

Smoke billows during Israeli shelling on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila near the border with Israel on January 31, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

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