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Northern Israel prepares for possible war with Hezbollah
Northern Israel prepares for possible war with Hezbollah
KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel—The streets of this northern Israeli town, located 3 km from the Lebanese border, were deserted. Shopping malls, falafel shops and convenience stores were all closed. Explosions rang out from the hills to the west, followed by plumes of smoke.
Israeli authorities announced Friday the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, home to some 22,000 people, as the country prepares for the possibility of a war on two fronts: fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to the south, and its Islamist ally, Hezbollah, in Lebanon. the North.
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