{"id":83012,"date":"2026-03-04T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/heavy-gunfire-heard-as-bbc-reports-from-border-of-israel-and-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:04:00","slug":"heavy-gunfire-heard-as-bbc-reports-from-border-of-israel-and-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=83012","title":{"rendered":"Heavy gunfire heard as BBC reports from border of Israel and Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">From the small Israeli town of Metula right on the border with Lebanon, BBC reporter Jon Donnison heard what sounded like a full-on gun battle just a kilometre (0.6 miles) or so away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">For 10 minutes heavy bursts of machine gun fire echoed across the valley, interspersed with what sounded like artillery fire. 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