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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed

Smoke rises from fires on a hillside
The barrage of Hezbollah rockets caused fires in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and northern Israel. Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched its biggest salvo of rockets at Israel since the war in Gaza began in retaliation for the killing of a senior field commander, bringing the two sides closer to all-out conflict.

An Israeli airstrike on the village of Jouaiya in southern Lebanon late on Tuesday night killed three Hezbollah operatives as well as Taleb Abdallah, the most senior commander to be killed since hostilities began eight months ago.

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