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Israel extends housing subsidies for north evacuees

Israel’s government has extended housing grants for Israeli evacuees and families of hostages by one month until the end of September, as the war drags on with no immediate end in sight.

Thousands of Israelis are still living in temporary housing as the war nears its 11th month. They have been displaced in the south by ongoing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and in the north from Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

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Israel-Hezbollah escalation: flare-up or all-out war?

Despite a flare-up in violence between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday, both sides appeared to show restraint, averting all-out war amid 10 months of clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border.

AFP looks at what happened and whether the chance of a broader regional conflict still looms as the Gaza war grinds on.

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Air France says Beirut, Tel Aviv flights to resume Tuesday

Air France will resume its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut on Tuesday after a two-day halt following the latest Israel-Hezbollah flare-up, the airline said.

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US army chief, Israeli officials discuss 'need to deescalate' after flare-up with Hezbollah

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has met with top Israeli defense leaders and visited the Israeli military’s Northern Command headquarters.

Navy Capt. Jereal Dorsey, Brown’s spokesperson, said the chairman met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv, and he participated in operational updates with Israeli army senior leaders.

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It looked like Israel and Hezbollah had gone to war, but then they pulled back

Israel and Hezbollah pulled back after an exchange of heavy fire over the weekend that briefly raised fears of an all-out war.

But their decades-long conflict is far from over, regional tensions linked to the war in Gaza are still high, and it's probably only a matter of time before another escalation.

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Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah since 2006 war

After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war.

The devastating month-long war in the summer of 2006 cost Lebanon more than 1,200 lives, mostly civilians, while some 160 Israelis were killed, mostly soldiers.

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Report: US army chief to visit Beirut carrying message to officials

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles "CQ" Brown, the United States' highest-ranking military officer, will visit Beirut carrying a messgae to Lebanese officials, media reports said.

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Al-Sisi warns against Lebanon escalation in top US general meeting

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned against further regional escalation on Sunday in a meeting with the United States' highest-ranking general, as cross-border hostilities between Israel and Lebanon intensified.

Sisi "warned of the dangers of a new front opening in Lebanon and stressed the necessity of preserving Lebanon's stability and sovereignty," according to a statement from the president's office.

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Iran hails Hezbollah's 'limited and calculated' attack on Israel

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that Israel “failed to predict the time and place” of Hezbollah’s “limited and calculated attack” that “made it lose its deterrence,” referring to Hezbollah’s retaliation on Sunday to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur.

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Israeli drone targets car in Sidon as fighting resumes

Fighting resumed Monday after a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah.

Israeli strikes targeted Monday the southern border village of Tayrharfa and the coastal city of Sidon. A car was hit in the latter strike near Abra's entrance.

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