Word: hizballah
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...conflict suddenly returned following Wednesday's kidnapping of two Israeli solders in a cross-border raid by Hizballah, a militant Shiite Muslim faction. Accusing the Lebanese government of an act of war, the Israeli government launched a blockade against Lebanon Thursday morning. It started with an air blitz on Rafic Hariri International Airport, stranding hundreds of travelers before they could board scheduled flights. Earlier, Israeli artillery, gunboats and air strikes hit targets in southern Lebanon, including bridges, roads and a power station. Attacks continued at the rate of about one every 10 minutes, according to a Lebanese television channel...
...moment that seems likely. Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah says that the group would only release the Israeli solders as part of a negotiated prisoner exchange. But Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is holding the Lebanese government accountable. Thus Lebanese are bracing for what one Beirut newspaper is calling Israel's signature strategy of collective punishment...
...Israeli military forces launched strikes in Lebanon this week in response to the Hizballah cross-border attack in which at least eight soldiers were killed and two captured, the defense chief of staff warned that Israel could "turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years." A more precise estimate, perhaps, would...
...Hizballah] has been planning this a long time," Cohen said. In addition to the attack near Zar'it, there were several other attacks, but Cohen declined to say where...
...Gabriel himself was stationed in southern Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war when Israel invaded for the first time. He doesn't believe Israel should negotiate with Hizballah. "I don't agree with him," Ada said fiercely. She has cause to worry. They have three sons, aged 18, 20 and 25. The youngest is about to serve in the army and the oldest will soon be summoned by the widespread reserve call...