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/ 10 August 2006

Hezbollah fights Israeli push into Lebanon

Hezbollah guerrillas fought Israeli troops pushing further into south-east Lebanon on Thursday, though an Israeli Cabinet minister said plans for a deeper ground assault were on hold to give diplomacy a chance. Hezbollah also fired nearly 70 rockets into Israel, killing a woman and a toddler in an Israeli Arab village, medics said.

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/ 10 August 2006

Israeli forces push on in Lebanon

Hezbollah guerrillas fought Israeli troops pushing towards the Shi’ite Muslim town of Khiam in south-east Lebanon on Thursday, though an Israeli Cabinet minister said plans for a deeper ground assault were on hold. Hezbollah unleashed a score of rockets on northern Israel, killing two people, including a toddler, medics said.

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/ 10 August 2006

Israel takes Lebanese town of Marjayoun

Israeli troops seized the town of Marjayoun and two nearby villages in south Lebanon on Thursday, witnesses said, even though Israel says it has put off plans for a broader offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas. A journalist said Israeli troops were moving on foot through Marjayoun, a town about 8km inside Lebanon.