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Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war

Full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah would be “a catastrophe”, the UN Secretary-General says. But to David Kamari, who lives under near-daily fire on the Israeli side of the border, it would be a solution.

Last month, a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon landed in his front garden in the border town of Kiryat Shmona, cracking his house in several places and filling it with rubble.

He points out the gaping holes where shrapnel sliced through the walls, missing him by inches. And then to the hills above us, where Hezbollah-controlled territory begins.


Netanyahu doubles down on decline in US arms shipments despite White House comments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his very public dispute with the White House over a slowdown in a the shipment of arms to Israel, noting that that there had a sharp decline.

“Four months ago, there was a dramatic decrease in the munitions coming to Israel from the US,” Netanyahu said during the weekly government meeting.

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