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There have been almost daily exchanges of fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the day after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on 7 October.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah has said it is acting in support of the Palestinian group that is also backed by Iran. Both groups are proscribed as terrorist organisations by Israel, the UK and other countries.<\/p>\n
So far, more than 400 people have been reported killed in Lebanon, the vast majority of them Hezbollah fighters, and 25 people in Israel, mostly soldiers.<\/p>\n
The hostilities have also displaced tens of thousands of people from border communities in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe response to the assassination of the dear leader Hajj Abu Nimah [Nasser]… started last night and quickly,” senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine warned at Nasser\u2019s funeral in Beirut on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis series will continue to target new sites that the enemy did not imagine would be hit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said its military was \u201ccountering this Hezbollah aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will use all and every means necessary to restore security to our northern border,\u201d he told a briefing.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, said the exchanges were now extending deeper into both sides of the border, and called on both Israel and Hezbollah to show restraint.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re very concerned… because any exchange, any incident, can escalate into something greater if there is a misunderstanding,\u201d Kandice Ardiel told the BBC.<\/p>\n
There has been a flurry of diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in recent weeks, with the UN and US warning of the potentially catastrophic consequences of a war that could also draw in Iran and other allied groups.<\/p>\n
Israeli officials have repeatedly warned that they are ready for a war if diplomacy fails. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that the military would soon be ready to \u201ctake any action required in Lebanon, or to reach an arrangement from a position of strength\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah, which is seen as a significantly superior foe to Hamas, has said it does not want a full-out war with Israel and that it will observe in Lebanon any ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But it has also warned Israel that it would fight \u201cwithout rules\u201d if there was a war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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