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/ 21 November 2005

Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions on border

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched an intense bombardment of Israeli positions on the volatile border on Monday, triggering retaliatory Israeli air strikes, with one person reportedly killed. The flare-up came amid political turmoil in Israel following Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s call for early elections he plans to contest at the head of a new centrist party.