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Israel and Hezbollah were fighting at close range in southern Lebanon on Wednesday across steep, unforgiving terrain.

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An Israeli ground operation targeting Hezbollah forces in Lebanon recalls previous wars and raises fears of worse to come.

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Israel has said that Iran fired more than 180 missiles in the barrage on Tuesday, but that most were intercepted.

Israel seems ready to respond in a much more forceful and public way with Iran after Tehran launched its second massive missile attack on Israel this year, analysts and officials say.

Hundreds of residents of tiny Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon heeded the Israeli military’s warning to flee. Many sought shelter in a nearby monastery.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the U.N. secretary general had not condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel in strong enough terms. For his part, Mr. Guterres said he condemned the attack.

The military identified the soldier as Capt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, from central Israel, but did not specify where he was killed.

Israel says it aims to cripple Hezbollah’s forces in an area of southern Lebanon that the armed group controls.

Iran’s second missile barrage against Israel is unlikely to deter its foe, experts say, but may help retain the support of the “Axis of Resistance” it has built up over years.

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President Vladimir Putin is throwing ever more resources at two interlocked priorities: recruiting more soldiers and encouraging bigger families.

Vuhledar had been under assault for almost three years. Russian forces entered it after a furious battle, and Ukraine ordered troops to retreat.

Already crippled by years of economic decline, political paralysis and other crises, Lebanon has little but its own citizens’ grit to survive the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

The storm has already injured 46 people and forced thousands of evacuations, the authorities said, warning that torrential rain could cause landslides and flooding.

The fighting is increasing fears about oil supplies, but those worries are offset by greater global production and slowing demand in China.

A Treasury official will call for greater transparency over emergency currency “swap” loans to struggling countries by China’s central bank.

Sameh al-Asali, who was sheltering in the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was killed when a large missile fragment slammed into him.

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