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Israeli ceasefire violations continued in southern Lebanon on Thursday, involving artillery fire and airstrikes alongside large explosions and machine-gun fire in several towns, according to the Lebanese state news agency, Anadolu reports. The National News Agency reported that the Israeli army carried out a large explosion around the city of Bint Jbeil, while Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Kfara, Beit Yahoun and Shaqra in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatieh province in southern Lebanon. Israeli artillery also targeted the area between the towns of Mifdoun and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as well as Wadi Salouki, according to the agency. The towns of Baraachit and Beit Yahoun were also subjected to heavy and medium machine-gun fire. In Baraachit, the agency reported that […]
