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Dec 2023
11m 21s

A second frontline: fighting on the bord...

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Israeli forces have traded artillery and rocket fire with Hezbollah, a militia backed by Iran that operates in Lebanon. We hear the voices of people living on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border.

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