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Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts in response to killing of journalist, civilians

Hezbollah staged an attack on Sunday morning against Israeli military posts on Lebanon's border, drawing Israeli retaliatory fire.

Hezbollah said it shelled Israeli military positions in the northern Israeli border settlement of Shtula. The group said in a statement the attack was in retaliation for Israeli shelling that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah on Friday and two Lebanese civilians on Saturday.

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Germany issues travel warning for Israel, Lebanon

The German government on Sunday urged its nationals not to travel to Israel, the Palestinian territories or Lebanon because of "an escalation of violence" following the Hamas-Israel war.

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Hamas confirms 3 fighters killed infiltrating Israel from Lebanon

Hamas claimed responsibility Sunday for two infiltrations from Lebanon to Israel that killed three of its fighters, as war rages between the Gaza-based militants and Israel.

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, said its members were "able... to blow up the border fence and... go forth inside occupied Palestine," clashing with "the enemy," whose planes targeted the fighters, killing three on Saturday.

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Lebanon to file UN complaint over Israel's attack on journalists

A Reuters videographer killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon was laid to rest in his hometown Saturday in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people.

Draped in a Lebanese flag, Issam Abdallah’s body was carried on a stretcher through the streets of the southern town of Khiam, from his family’s home to the local cemetery.

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Elderly man and wife killed in Israeli shelling on Shebaa home

Two Lebanese civilians were killed in Israeli shelling of the southern village of Shebaa on Saturday, its mayor told AFP, as border tensions rise over Israel's war with Hamas.

"A man and his wife have been killed in their home by Israeli shelling," mayor Mohammad Harb told AFP.

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Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts in occupied Shebaa Farms, Israel responds

Hezbollah on Saturday attacked four Israeli military posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms and Kfarshouba Hills.

Israel immediately responded by shelling nearby border areas.

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Israel says drone killed militants trying to cross from Lebanon

Israeli forces on Saturday said they had killed several "terrorists" trying to cross from Lebanon amid heightened tensions and after repeated cross-border shelling.

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Israeli army says 'very sorry' for journalist's death in Lebanon

The Israeli army said Saturday it was "very sorry" for the death of a Reuters journalist killed when Israel fired a missile, reportedly from an Apache helicopter, at a group of journalists who were covering the events on the Lebanese border.

"We are very sorry for the journalist's death," military spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters when asked about the killing of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah on Friday.

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Iran FM says Nasrallah 'pragmatic', threatens 'quake' response against Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Saturday that anti-Israel militant groups in the region are “fully ready” to respond to any move by Israel.

The minister spoke in Beirut at the end of a tour that took him to Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, where Iran enjoys wide influence and where tens of thousands of Iran-backed fighters are deployed.

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Israeli shelling on Lebanon border kills Reuters journalist, wounds 6 others

A Reuters journalist of the Lebanese nationality was killed when an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon on Friday. Six other journalists were wounded.

"We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," Reuters said, adding that, he "was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon."

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