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IDF–Hezbollah Clash in Southern Lebanon Deepens Escalation Risk Along Israel’s Northern Front

Two Israeli reservists were killed and four badly wounded by an explosive device in Majdal Zoun, triggering a night of Israeli shelling and airstrikes across southern Lebanese villages, according to Lebanese reports. The exchanges show how quickly a single deadly incident can widen into area‑wide punishment fire, leaving civilians in Haniya, al‑Mansouri and Kfar Shouba exposed. Readers will learn what happened on the ground and how this shapes the risk of a broader Israel–Hezbollah war.

Israel’s simmering confrontation with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon has entered another deadly turn, as the killing of two Israeli soldiers inside a booby‑trapped building unleashed a wave of retaliatory fire across border villages. The overnight exchanges underscore how brittle the balance is along Israel’s northern front, where each clash raises the risk that limited engagements will tip into a broader war. Israeli authorities said two reserve soldiers were killed when an explosive device detonated in a building they entered in the village of Majdal Zoun, in the western sector of southern Lebanon. The blast also seriously wounded four other reservists, according to Israeli reports. The building was in an area…

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